Michael Pollitt | freelance technology journalist

My first story today – Comment spammers never take a holiday – in technology Guardian shows it’s a bad idea to lower your blog’s defences.

My story in technology Guardian today – How to get online advertising for free – looks at some popular badges, quizzes, and widgets for your blog or website. They do more than you expect.

And my piece has since prompted some reader responses.

What does a blog spammer hate the most? An Akismet-protected blog – 100,000 spam blocked here since April 2006.