20 Nov 09 Spam and Stats of Akismet

99.259% accurate 5,621 spams caught, 455 legitimate comments, and an overall accuracy rate of 99.259%.

Yes, that’s my Akismet stats as of today after a little over a year of my blog. Normally, it makes me very happy that Akismet is pretty good software, I hardly missed legitimate comments and it’s pretty awesome. It is imperative that wordpress has built in for Akismet and I am really thankful for it.

How about your Akismet stats if you ever use wordpress?

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22 Sep 08 Adding Akismet plug-in in wordpress

What is Akismet?

It is a plug-in for wordpress for controlling spammers on comments. Without Akismet, you might have problem managing your valuable posts. Because 87% of wordpress comments are known to be spams and you would not want any of spams on your wordpress blog.

Where I can get it?

It is actually built-in your wordpress 2.0.xx or later. You just login as an admin, go to plugins, activate the Akismet.. As I have stated how to add google analytics in your wordpress post, you should have wordpress account created when you decided to start making money on blogging.

Once you have your account created on www.wordpress.com, you have to activate via email to validate, as soon as you are validated, you will receive an email including the API key that is required for Akismet plug-in. Alternatively, you can login to wordpress.com and go to your profile and view the API key.

Under plug-in configuration of Akismet, all you have to do is enter API key and you are good to go. It is that easy.

What else besides wordpress?

Don’t feel disappointed that I am only talking about wordpress, you may also use Akismet in many other applications. So, if you have any other applications mentioned below, you may also want to integrate and administer Akismet.