WordPress Minimizes Blog Spam

I really don’t understand blog spam. For that matter I don’t really understand spam. I know what it means, but I can’t seem to believe that it’s the least bit effective. Maybe I’m not the ideal spam recipient, but I’ve never talked to anyone that’s fallen into a spam scam.

A major problem I dealt with in the past was having my blog comments fill up with link spam. It got so out of control it was ridiculous. There were times I had to delete over 100 comments a day because I left them completely open. Actually, with the version of MovableType I was using there wasn’t a way to moderate the comments.

Lately I’ve been impressed with WordPress and the amount of functionality you get out-of-the-box. The biggest time saver has been the comment moderation. I’ve been getting a few spam posts recently and WP has helped me purge them. When a comment is posted I receive an email with a link to approve or disapprove the comment. This links me to the admin where I can do bulk operations and purge all invalid comments from the system. You can see a screen below with the links blurred out. This is just one of the many features that I’ve begun to enjoy with WP.