The Spam Protection settings allow you to define the spam-block settings for your blog including comment verification, comment moderation, and trackback moderation.
| 1. | Click the Settings & Security tab, then click Publishing Defaults in the Options list. |
| 2. | Click Spam Protection Settings. The Spam Protection Settings page opens. |
| 3. | Click the Allow anonymous Reader comments checkbox in the Anonymous Comments section to specify whether you allow anonymous comments to be posted to your blog. Anonymous comments are those comments made by readers who do not log-in to your blog (using the Login form in the sidebar) and by logged-in readers who check the Post Anonymously checkbox on the form when posting a comment. |
| 4. | Click the Enable Comment Verification for Anonymous and Logged-in Readers checkbox in the Comment Verification section to force users to enter text they see within a graphic before entering a comment. This ensures that people, rather than automated programs, can comment on your blog. Comment verification is always required for anonymous comments and the setting is not editable for trial blogs. |
| 5. | Click the Enable Comment Moderation checkbox in the Comment Moderation section to let you to view comments prior to their being posted on your blog. If do not enable moderation, the system will flag comments as potential spam, but will post them on your blog. See Comment moderation to limit spam. |
| 6. | Click the Enable Trackback Moderation checkbox in the Trackback Moderation section to view trackbacks that are received and approve them prior to posting them on your blog. See Trackback moderation to limit spam. |
| 7. | Click the Comments and Trackbacks checkboxes in the No Follow section to enable the No Follow functionality. No Follow ensures that trackbacks and comments containing URLs will not be included in the Google ranking system. |
| 8. | Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page. Your settings take effect immediately. |
Page last revised 2006-12-06
