‘Lo, Ana! As usual, an informative and very …

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‘Lo, Ana! As usual, an informative and very useful post. You’re raisin’ the bar for the rest of us, m’dear! As luck would have it, I’ve been noticing a rise in trackbacks the last week, so I’ve been monitoring them closely. However, I haven’t yet gotten around to checking out the source sites. I’m betting that I’ll find the majority of them are spam. I’ve been a strong advocate of Akismet, because it’s caught a lot of spam before it could clutter up my blog. But it appears to do absolutely nothing about trackbacks. So I’ve dropped Akismet in favor of GASP and STBV. I’ll watch it for a few days, but if Justin recommends it, I’m sure it’s solid. Thanks for the heads up!

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