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WordPress Tip: Eliminating Spam

by Tom Johnson on Sep 4, 2010
categories: wordpress

One way you can eliminate spam (besides activating Akismet) is by removing all the spam that shows up in comment threads on specific posts. This is because spam attracts spam. So if you can cut out spam from a post, you're less likely to get more spam on that same post.

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