One of the reasons that blogging has become such a popular format for websites is the opportunity to interact with your readers through their comments and observations. For the most part, this is great–it adds interest and variety to your site. But on the flip side, it also leaves you open to the spammers and those few others who may choose to leave material that you may find unsuitable for inclusion.
Blogger allows you to moderate comments to your blog before they become visible to your visitors, allowing you to eliminate spam and other content that you don’t want included.
The comment moderation options are located in the SETTINGS tab, subheading COMMENTS.
Screenshot of Blogger Moderation Panel Options
As illustrated, you may choose to ALWAYS moderate comments, or to moderate only comments on posts that are older than a date range that you specify.
Once you’ve determined which of these you prefer, a drop down box will appear, giving you the option to send any comments to your preferred email account. Comments may then be accessed and moderated from this account as well as directly from the Blogger interface.
Screen Shot of Additional Options for Blogger Comment Moderation
When using the Blogger platform, you’ll find comments sorted into the MODERATE COMMENTS page, found under the POSTING/MODERATE COMMENTS tab.
To publish or reject any comment, tick the box beside the comment(s) you intend to moderate, and click the appropriate button. You may choose to sort comments individually or you may tick multiple boxes and handle them as a group. Similar options will appear in any emails you receive.
Remember, though, proceed with caution! Rejected comments will be deleted and you WILL NOT be able to recover them!
Moderation privileges extend to you and to any persons you designate as administrators for your blog.
Please leave your comments and questions below!
Have fun blogging,
Susie
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