Set up is simple:

Navigate to your plugin menu and activate Akismet. You will get a warning saying you need a WordPress API key to use it. This is also simple to get. You have to start an account at WordPress.Com (free). You don’t have to set up a free blog or anything, just an account. Since I was creating an account I made a quick free blog to drop some backlinks to my site, but that is a story for another article. Anyways, once you have a WordPress.com account, you can find the API key in your profile. You can also request a free API key from Akismet.com if you don’t want to start a WordPress account. Once you have the key you can use it on multiple sites.

After a fairly simple set up process Akismet will instantly go to work. Using a huge database, Akismet will check all incoming comments and automatically mark the comments that match the database as spam. This will save you a lot of time, because you will be receiving spam not long after your site is up and running. I have sites that haven’t even been completed before they were spammed.

Another great feature of Akismet is that it learns, if it is missing spam and you routinely mark those comments as spam it will learn to mark those comments as well. Conversely if it is marking comments as spam, that aren’t you can teach it by marking those comments approved. Although I trust Akismet on my blog, I do check the spam comment area to see if it caught anything it shouldn’t have. If you are wondering about it’s effectiveness – here are the actual numbers from my site since the end of January: 870 Spams caught at an accuracy rating of 99.686%. I am not saying everyone will see those kind of numbers, but that’s how well it is working for me. Quite impressive.

Spam comments are going to aggravate you eventually. If you don’t have this plugin it will happen sooner than you can imagine. WordPress packages this plugin for a reason – it works. Don’t waste your time pouring through spam comments in your email or on your site. Activate Akismet now and thank me later.

WP Article Fetch automatically grabs articles from many sources including Ezine, Article base, and GO Articles!

If you’re looking for an easy way to create a content filled site without any hassles, you’ll find WP Article Fetch one of the handiest plugins available.  You can already find such plugins online that will cost you some cash from your wallet, but this one is currently free.  I’ve tested it out, and it works great.

Watch the video: It’s easy… just indicate what categories to grab articles from, set a few variables to what your posting frequency needs to be and then let WP Article Fetch perform the task.

Future upgrades: At this time, WP Article Fetch is also working on capabilities to add in Yahoo answers as comments and Youtube videos.

Current capabilities: The current version features an image integration with no need to set up a clunky API (It scrapes directly from Big G).

Grab your free wp autoblog plugin here: www.wparticlefetch.com

Gobala Krishnan has just released a new WordPress plugin –  Testimonial Manager — to the public for FREE!

With this wp plugin, your site visitors will be able to easily leave feedback on your products and services.

This plugin allows you to offer your customers a short form to submit their testimonies.  By adding a short code on one of your WordPress pages, you can quickly display a full testimonial page.  As an additional feature, you can rotate all your testimonials using your sidebar widget.

Click here to download your wordpress testimonial manager for FREE!