Let’s have a look at the more common comment spam first.

As you can see, usually a common spam comment will contain lots of thrashy words and links to all sorts of sites. That can be easily identified by anyone and have that spam comment deleted right away, right?

Next, the smarter spam. Check it out:

As you can see above, the spammer is pretty smart. He made the message like a normal message with just a single link. He tried to convince the unsuspecting reader that it’s not a spam by saying “PS. Dont be an ass, this is NOT spam”. So, how do you confirm that it’s a spam? Simple. Just take the highlighted sentence and do a search with Mr. Google.

You can see above in the search results that there are a lot of identical comment phrases in other blogs. You can also get lots of identical results if you do an advanced search with Mr. Google. Could it be just sheer coincidence? Of course not … unless the spam message speaks Hokkien (a Chinese dialect). When that happens I might have to look further LOL.

With that, you can safely confirm that this is a spam comment and have it deleted.

After catching this kind of spams a few times, you’ll be able to identify a spam comment better and have it deleted faster by just looking at them.

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So, what is BloggerUnited? A Blog Pinger? A Blog Directory? Well, it has all those plus a lot more in it. It’s a place where all bloggers meet.

What can you do/find in BloggerUnited?

• You can find bloggers from all walks of life in BloggerUnited, ever ready to give you their best write ups freshly brewed from their mind.
• You can share your thoughts/opinions in the ever active Lounge.
• You can have your own blog listed there too to contribute to the readers’ community there that are ever hungry for something new and nice to read. In return, it means more traffics for you
• You can find blogs of all sorts listed there to read, from technology to lifestyle, personal thoughts as well as food blogs too … all gathered under one roof.
• You can meet a whole lot of new people and make new friends. Exchanging ideas too

So, what say you? Lots of fun waiting for you there. JOIN ME in this ever active community and make it a better place for all bloggers to meet.

Last but not least, I would like to thank Rei99 for putting in the effort to come up with the cool idea of BloggerUnited. Without Rei, BloggerUnited wouldn’t have existed.

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The site itself does not belong to any hotel but it works as a search engine for hotels. It helps travelers in term of checking and comparing the prices between participating hotels of their desired destinations. After trying things out myself, I felt the features available are pretty neat. Most importantly, the user interface is really simple and user friendly.

I tried to check for the prices of hotels available in Pattaya and the results were out within seconds. The thing I noticed and liked the most was the currency rate conversion. I think the site detected my host IP and knowing that I’m visiting from Malaysia, the rates were automatically shown in Malaysian Ringgit(RM). That saved me the trouble of checking the conversion rate and doing the currency conversion myself.

From the search results, you can further filter or narrow down your search using the various filters available like the Star Ratings, Hotel Brand, features/services provided by the hotels and etc.

There is also this price limiter that enable you to search the hotels based own your desired range of traveling budget. It’s another nifty feature especially for those who are planning a holiday trip with a small budget.

All in all, Hotels Combined helped me to get the information I needed without the need to look elsewhere. And guess what, by blogging about it, I’ve helped to donate $20 to charity ^^.

To check out more cool features of Hotels Combined, just point your browser to HotelsCombined.com