Sooner or later, your beloved WordPress blog will be flooded with comment and trackback spams. As a blogger, there is not much you can do to stop spams from hitting your blog, but there are several things you could do to fight them back. 5 Levels of Spam Protection 1. Discussion Settings A key setting in your WordPress configuration is the check box "Comment author must have a previously approved comment". You can find this under ...

Aside from the standard accounts for your blog -- i.e., domain name, web hosting, and WordPress -- there are several companion accounts that I think are very useful. Below are 12 essential companion accounts, plus two that are worth mentioning. For Money and Monetization PayPal - This is an online payment web site that allows you to accept money and credit card for products or services that you sell. I have used PayPal to accept payments, ...