How To Get A WordPress API Key For The Akismet WordPress Plugin | Install Plugin

January 21, 2008 :: Posted by - cyberboy :: Category - Install Plugins

Here’s an article worth your time reading. ( For new blogger, please read this)

With the growing popularity of blogs and the ease to obtain links through comments on blogs, it didn’t take long for programmers to come up with automated tools to blast link packed spam comments to unsuspecting blogs.

Some just turn comments off for their blog but to me that eliminates one of the great features of making your blog interactive for your visitors. Comments can open discussion between the reader and the blogger. Your blog’s visitors can even subscribe to a post’s comments, getting notified of any new comments, keeping your readers coming back.

The WordPress plugin, Akismet checks comments posted on your blog posts against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. Read more…

Reading keeps your mind in good shape

August 13, 2007 :: Posted by - cyberboy :: Category - Install Plugins

Searching for the right plugin is not an easy task. One way which I can help you or suggest to you is to read up what works and what don’t. Know more about plugin before you start to plug everthing in.
So, as I have always had a tooth for literature, I don’t think this is any bit of a surprise for me. But for all you non-readers (nothing personal bros and gals!) out there, this should be something you should sit up and pay attention to!
In a recent study, it has been discovered that people [...]

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Got my stickers and a greeting of appreciation from Ian Kennedy at MyBlogLog!

August 12, 2007 :: Posted by - cyberboy :: Category - Install Plugins

Searching for the right plugin is not an easy task. One way which I can help you or suggest to you is to read up what works and what don’t. Know more about plugin before you start to plug everthing in.
Ok, I am happy to tell you that I received a card of appreciation and some cool stickers from Ian Kennedy (who is the Product Manager) at MyBlogLog, for the MyBlogLog search plugin that I created for Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.
I have thanked him for appreciating my work and of course for giving [...]

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Another kind of spamming, Referrer Spam

August 10, 2007 :: Posted by - cyberboy :: Category - Install Plugins

Searching for the right plugin is not an easy task. One way which I can help you or suggest to you is to read up what works and what don’t. Know more about plugin before you start to plug everthing in.
While I was looking around for some information on the kind or nature of the (possible) spam that I am receiving on my site, I found this good article, Battling Referrer Spam by Michael Hampton, in which Michael explains the nature of this new spamming technique:
Unlike comment spam, where spammers try to post comments and [...]

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Re-organization of blog categories and posts on the site

August 07, 2007 :: Posted by - cyberboy :: Category - Install Plugins

Searching for the right plugin is not an easy task. One way which I can help you or suggest to you is to read up what works and what don’t. Know more about plugin before you start to plug everthing in.
I am in the process of reorganizing some categories which means re-ordering some categories, adding and/or deleting some categories.
I was forced to do this since whenever I posted an article, I found it hard to organize under the current categories. This will, however, not affect the existing posts on the site. NO posts will be [...]

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