Title: Akismet Question
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Akismet Question

 *  [MrMarco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmarco/)
 * (@mrmarco)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-question/)
 * I have WordPress on my ASO (A Small Orange) account and have a VERY simple site
   started. I went to activate Akismet and I’m guided to get a WordPress Acct. Don’t
   I already have one? Or is the registration here the same? Do I need to do it 
   seperately and if so can I use the same name as here?
 * Lots O’ questions I know.. sorry I’m a NOOB.

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 *  [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/)
 * (@ifelse)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-question/#post-303601)
 * > …I’m guided to get a WordPress Acct. Don’t I already have one?…sorry I’m a 
   > NOOB
 * Don’t be sorry, we all learn somewhere:) You’ll need to sign up for a [wordpress.com](http://wordpress.com/)
   account. You can then [follow the instructions here](http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/10/19/api-key/).
 *  Thread Starter [MrMarco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmarco/)
 * (@mrmarco)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-question/#post-303682)
 * Thanx for the reply.
    Are all the pieces seperate? I mean after downloading WordPress
   onto my ASO acct… have the site up and running (such as it is)… I still need 
   to create another account?
 * I tried that and I think I’ve very quickly screwed things up. My original blog
   [http://www.marcorigazio.com](http://www.marcorigazio.com) works fine.
 * Now what is [http://mrmarco.wordpress.com/](http://mrmarco.wordpress.com/) ?
 * Yup… I screwed something up 🙁
 * Do I have 2 accounts now? If so, can I delete the second one?
 * I’m getting a headache
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-question/#post-303691)
 * [Automattic](http://automattic.com/), the company which produces both Akismet
   and WordPress.com are doing their best to create a system for administering Akismet,
   but until that happens, they are doing their best to work with what they have.
 * At this time, Akismet needs an API key to “glue” itself to your blog. This helps
   the developers with tracking bugs, general problems, and system abusers. Unfortunately,
   there is no Akismet-specific API key yet. So, until there is one, you can sign
   up for a blog at WordPress.com and use that blog’s API key with the Akismet installation
   on your blog. You will only need the WordPress.com blog for it’s API key.
 * I know that was probably confusing, so let me try to list this out.
 * 1. Install and activate [Akismet](http://akismet.com/).
 * 2. Register for a new [WordPress.com](http://wordpress.com/) blog, or login to
   your existing WordPress.com blog.
 * 3. [Find the API key for your WordPress.com blog.](http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/10/19/api-key/)
 * 4. Use that API key to complete Akismet’s activation on your regular WordPress
   blog.
 * 5. You will never have to visit WordPress.com again.
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-question/#post-303694)
 * All you need with the wordpress.com thing is the “API” code from your admin section.
   Then you can drop the .com blog if you don’t want to mess with it….
 * There are perfectly good alternatives to Akismet, perhaps even better – get Spam
   Karma 2 and Bad Behavior; [http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/](http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/)
   and [http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/](http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/),
   respectively.
 * The mrmarco.wordpress.com is the .com blog where you need to grab the Akismet
   API if you want to use Akismet.
 *  Thread Starter [MrMarco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmarco/)
 * (@mrmarco)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-question/#post-303698)
 * MacManX – Thanks buddy. That cleared up everything for me. I thought I was going
   nuts! Very simple fix once you can navigate the convoluted process.
 * Thanx again.
 * Vkaryl – I’ll check those out as well. Thanx.

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 * Last reply from: [MrMarco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmarco/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-question/#post-303698)
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