Finally I decided to register the plugin with Akismet. This is an application that can be used for your blogs that will reduce the number of spam comments. Last week alone I received roughly 400 spam comments. And it can be very irritating deleting them one by one.

Akismet basically stands for Automattic Kisme, is a collaborative effort to make comment and trackback spam a non-issue and restore innocence to blogging, so you never have to worry about spam again.

Below is some statistic as of NOW, 11.38am, 24th February 2010

14,615,802,134 spams caught so far

1,701,289 so far today

83% of all comments are spam

The signing up process is quite simple and straight-forward. You will need to register to receive an API, which is free for personal use. The API key will be emailed to you after you register. If you have multiple blogs, like myself, you can use the same API for all of them, so multiple registration is not required. All my blogs are currently running under WordPress and Akismet is working perfectly fine in blocking all spam comments.

Akismet

I’ve been trying these past few weeks to be feature on one of nuffnang innit most popular blogs. But as you would already know, not many would actually NANG you unless you come up with an interesting title. I’m going to experiment a few catchy titles and will update this blog later on what sells the best.

Most if the top list seems to be talking about boring topics such as their college life, comparison about women and men, comparing things like mobile phone service provider and so on. Most probably these people already have a great list of reader database that NANGs them so often.

Anyway, since you’re already reading this blog, do go and read the other interesting articles that is made available for free.

Nuffnang Innit

Finally I managed to get the 100 followers target. I will be now registering for sponsoredtweet which is a program that allows sponsors to advertise on your tweet and gain you some cash. You will be allocating a price for your tweets, and based on what you tweet about, the sponsors will send you a request. If you accept and they like what you’re going to tweet about the, you will receive the allocated or agreed amount.

I’m currently using the link that My friend sent for registering the sponsoredtweet. After clicking the “SignUp Now” link, you will see the following screen for your confirmation in allowing to connect with the application.

Sponsored Tweet

After allowing the application to access your tweeter account, you will then need to select whether you’re a tweeter or an advertiser. After that you will need to allocate the charge per tweet that you are interested in, at the moment the minimum is set at USD1. You will also need to fill up some details as in the photo below. You may also insert the person’s ID who recommended you to this application. Don’t forget to read the clause at the bottom which states that you can only register for this application only if your tweeter account is at least 2 months old and that you currently have at least 100 followers.

Sponsoret Tweet Registration

Your sponsored tweet will also be retweeted if:

If your tweet does not reach a $1.50 CPC, it will be re-tweeted 48 hours later. You will be paid for this tweet as soon as it reaches a $1.50 CPC, or 2 hours after it is tweeted 3 times. You will still be paid the initial offer amount for all offers, but with this option enabled, you will be much more attractive to advertisers.

My tags that I’m using at the moment are as follows:

business, marketing, technology, gadgets, phone, affiliate, information technology

Now it’s time for you to start trying out this new money making scheme. Below is the banner that you can click and start earning. Good Luck.

For those who are just starting their own blog. I would strongly recommend that they get themself registered with www.nuffnang.com. This is a website that places advertisements on your blog and pay you for every click that it generated from those advertisement. Nuffnang is growing very fast in the Asian region and you should be a part of it.

They also have a feature which is know as Innit. Basically for every new blog that you launch, you can also mentioned in on their community website so that other bloggers may support by reading your blog. I have used this feature and managed to obtain some good followers for my blogs.

Those who need assistant in setting up the nuffnang account, may email me.

It seems that there’s this new Twitter advert get paid thingy that you can make use of. A friend of mine mentioned that he made around USD2 for the first few weeks. And all you have to do is tweet.

There are a few requirements, firstly you’ll have to have at least 100 followers. I’ve been trying all week to increase my followers. Currently my figure says 76. Hopefully by end of the week, the 100 person target is achieved.

I’ll update more later on how to register for the advert payment account.