Title: Comments
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Comments

 *  Resolved [lakethiam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lakethiam/)
 * (@lakethiam)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-54/)
 * How can I be sure that my blog is set up properly for comments. i am getting 
   comments that are not related to my blog.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-54/#post-1561293)
 * They’re called “spam” 🙂 Try activating the Akismet plugin to control them.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-54/#post-1561303)
 * Definitely spam. The comments appear generally positive, but they are often not
   related to the content of the post, and URL of the commentator is often for some
   sort of spammish site.
 * This is a very common practice. The goal of the spammer is to get their URL in
   your comments section, and the generally positive comment is to fool you into
   approving it. If you don’t believe me, investigate the URLs that some of these
   commentators post with.
 * Akismet is powered by a learning engine, so if it isn’t catching them initially,
   make sure that you mark them as spam so that it can learn.
 *  Thread Starter [lakethiam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lakethiam/)
 * (@lakethiam)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-54/#post-1561491)
 * Thanks alot guys!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-54/#post-1561492)
 * You’re welcome!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-54/#post-1561492)
 * Status: resolved

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