A plug: Deleting spam messages from the comments was getting to be a chore. I felt like someone cleaning graffiti off their property every morning, but then I discovered MT-Blacklist (via this Learning Movable Type site), which is excellent and if you use MT becomes a must have once the spammers have found you.
And plugging back: Yesterday, much to my surprise, this site appeared in the Guardian’s weblog as ‘Top Blog’.
NB: I’m now using WordPress.