Fighting Comment Spam
There’s a very intelligent woman who writes a blog called geeksmakemehot.com. According to a recent post on her blog she has turned off commenting due to excessive comment spam. This kind of thing is happening a lot around the blog sphere but when some of the more intelligent bloggers are doing it I have to ask why. There are certainly enough anti-spam plugins for WordPress to counter the comment spam phenomenon so anyone using WordPress shouldn’t have much of a problem. I find the combination of Bad Behavior and Spam Karma 2 with it’s Akismet plugin (link not working as of this writing) works very well. Though it sounds like a lot it was quick and very easy to set up. I highly recommend this setup if you have spam comment problems on WordPress blog.
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Plagiarist Biden Running Again
I read in the news this morning where Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Deleware) entered the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. I thought this to be interesting since Biden attempted to get the same nomination in 1988. Biden ended up dropping out of the race after it was revealed that he had plagiarized in papers he wrote in law school. I’m curious why an issue that made him leave the race in 1988 won’t hurt him here. I mean the fact that he cheated hasn’t changed so you’d figure it would be just as bad for him now as it was then. If anybody can answer that question then please leave a comment here. I’d really like to know what his strategists are thinking.
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Google Toolbar Button Plugin Update
The Google Toolbar Button Plugin has been updated to version 1.1. The plugin is now widgetized. If you have the Sidebar Widgets plugin installed and a widgetized theme you will be able to add the Google Toolbar Button link to your sidebar through the Presentation->Sidebar Widgets page in WP-Admin.
For more information and to download the Google Toolbar Button Plugin click here.
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Introducing the Google Toolbar Button Plugin
Another post on the WordPress Support forums inspired me to write another WordPress plugin. This one allows you to add a link to your blog that will allow your readers to add your blog to their Google Toolbar. Specifically it will allow you to search your blog and monitor your RSS feed directly from the toolbar.
For more information and to download the Google Toolbar Button Plugin click here.
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Buy One Seinfed And Get The Second One Free
Amazon is having a buy one get one free sale on a whole bunch of TV series DVDs
Other important information about this sale:
- You can only get 1 free DVD per order. So if you buy 4 don’t expect that 2 of them will be free. To get 2 for free you will need to make 2 separate orders (buy 1 DVD per order and get the second DVD in that purchase free).
- Don’t be alarmed if your shopping cart doesn’t say that one is for free. When you step through the checkout you will see the discount calculated on the last page just before you commit the order.
I hope you all enjoy this sale as much as I will.
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