Comment Spam
I’ve been getting a ton of comment spam lately, but luckily [WordPress][] in conjunction with the [Akismet][] plugin does a good job of catching everything. I’m still a couple of minor versions behind on [WordPress][] and I definitely need to get on the stick as far as upgrading goes, but at least that hasn’t made it any more vulnerable to the problem from what I can tell.
Darren over at [ProBlogger][] has also noticed a recent increase in comment spam and [written an article](http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/04/27/the-cost-of-comment-spam/) covering the topic and the importance of continuing to fight it. He has a lot of good reasoning on why you need to prevent comment spam, but doesn’t really offer any solutions beyond being attentive and having up to date blogging software.
[Akismet]:http://akismet.com
[WordPress]:http://wordpress.org
[ProBlogger]:http://www.problogger.net
