Spam and comment moderation

One of the biggest mistakes bloggers make is not protecting their site from “Spam.” Spam is unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or inappropriate comments and contributions, especially commercial ones. Wordpress.com has an inbuilt Spam protector that allows you to enter specific words that will filter out spam. It also allows you to use comment moderation — any comments that are deemed offensive can be deleted. However, comment moderation should really only be used if someone is using offensive language and not because you don’t agree with the comment — if you use it more frequently, you will deter participation.