One of the biggest frustrations I had with Blojsom, right after its pokey nature, was all the spam it couldn’t block. Truthfully, it wasn’t really the software’s fault. These jerks bombarding my site have robots hitting everything and anything on the Internet regardless of what’s used. There were options to install a plug-in but easy-to-follow instructions were absent in the DNA of this freeware.
I should’ve made the move to WordPress sooner. In the two months since making the transition, I have been able to install a couple plug-ins to customize my site and the big one last week was a spam killer. In the beginning, I was content to have moderation powers. Somebody posts a Comment, I receive an e-mail to check it out, and I mark it appropriately. This grew old by the 50th time I had to give a Comment the spam tag. Now this addition knows to reject the spammer’s attempt because the plug-in’s author says the robots lack certain abilities a real human’s Web browser. Works for me. In a week’s time, it has blocked 83 (there’s a counter in the Dashboard area it reports in).
However, I want to make sure nobody’s actual Comments on my site are being improperly rejected. Please let me know since I have only receive ONE after making the transition in November.