You may find your posts are raided with unwanted comments. Often comment spam scripts auto-generate comments in the attempt to get approval and links on your pages. By default your comment filter settings with capture any of these comments with links and put them in a queue ready for your to approve or delete them.

How do I know what comments are Spam?

Generally spam has excessive links, is not related to the subject of the blog or appears to be a business not a person or customer.

How do I stop spam in my comments?

There is a spam filter plugin and service available through wordpress that can be activated: Akismet. The first thing to do is register with wordpress. Obtain an API key. Once you have this special key please keep it private and then contact JapanWebStart.jp for advice about how to turn on the spam filtering service provided by wordpress.