For months now Ive been deleting spam posts on a daily basis but thankfully the number I have to delete is declining. Are we winning the spam war? Is there something else we could be doing?

Please read. We now only permit a maximum of ONE external link per post and it must be to a blog or personal site and NOT to a commercial site.

Wow we have blocked 3249 spam attempts the past 3 days!

Bloggerparty is for genuine bloggers who are welcome to post occassional adverts.

Extract from the Bloggerparty terms:

In the war against the sploggers we have introduced some more anti-splog measures at Bloggerparty and also re-introduced the 'Flag' feature.

Everything on this website must comply with Google AdSense's program policies.

Just an update to let everyone know that as mentioned previously additional modules have now been installed on the Bloggerparty site, including a Private Messaging module and Spam detection modules.

Hola bloggers.

It's been a while since I've posted. I've been busy and haven't had a chance to more than check in and make sure things were running smoothly the past couple months.

I see that a lot of familiar faces are still around, and some not. I see some new faces, too, which is a good thing.

For the past few months, despite not actively posting, I have been coming up with plans for the future of Bloggerparty and what direction I want the site to go in.

We've been experiencing some unexpected downtime lately. The problem is being worked on, we're getting more RAM installed within the next week which should help during our high traffic times.

The good news is, it means we're growing. Another server is also in the future as we outgrow the one we're on. A little bit of downtime here and there as we do grow can be expected, but I can assure you we'll be brought back up as soon as possible and the problems aren't going unnoticed.

Here's a few ways you can help promote Bloggerparty. More traffic is good for everyone.

• Add Bloggerparty to your Myspace friends.
• Add Bloggerparty to your del.icio.us bookmarks.
• Add Bloggerparty to your Blinklist.
• Digg it.

You can also download the Alexa toolbar. Alexa rankings are calculated by those who have their toolbar. The more members with the toolbar, the better rankings we get.

Our Referral Party is coming to an end with less than three days left. It's ends this Saturday, April 15.

Here are the prizes:

1st place - $25
2nd place - $15
3rd place - $10

Right now, here are the placings:

1st place - realitycheck
2nd place - Brenna Fender

I fixed some bugs and made some improvements to the various themes. The one you'll probably notice the most is the privatemsg bug that kept switching your private message status off and on. It shouldn't do that anymore.

I've also done some other things you probably won't notice, just improving the way several things work. Phew!

The "read more" was also getting lost in many of the themes, so it is now more apparent for visitors to find.

Bloggerparty's first of several network sites has launched, Reviewparty.com! It's works similarly to Bloggerparty but is for the writing of reviews. Right now, you can only write book and music reviews, but I will be adding more product review options like crazy in the next few days, as well as some other features. It's pretty bare bones right now, but feel free to begin writing over there.

The Referral Party is still going. It ends April 15 - less than two weeks left!

realitycheck is waaay in the lead with 12 referrals. And a dozen or so of you have 1 referral each. So it's still easy to get up there and win one of the prizes!

1st place - $25
2nd place - $15

A new theme has been designed for Bloggerparty, but before I go ahead and change it, I'd like some feedback. I'm using the theme right now, but you can also set it as your own theme by going to your account and clicking on "Edit".

Test it out, give it some time before deciding whether you like or hate it, and then let me know how you like it. It's not perfect yet, but the current theme is childish looking, so this is hopefully an improvement.