10-17-2005, 09:36 AM
2 articles complaining about google blogspot's spamming problem
Google: Kill Blogspot Already!!!
full article: http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/...02867.html
Spam-blogs: Google's Mess Harms Everyone
full article: http://bayosphere.com/blog/dan_gillmor/2...s_everyone
Google: Kill Blogspot Already!!!
Quote:In the past few days, I've been inundated with an enormous amount of subscribed search spam for designated keywords. To the tune of hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of bunk entries. Who knew "lockergnome" and "pirillo" would be THAT popular?! Still, I can't help but think that others are having the same headaches - and 99% of the crap coming in is directly from a single domain: blogspot.com.
Google, it may have been a smart acquisition in the beginning, but y'all need to clean house in a big way.
full article: http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/...02867.html
Spam-blogs: Google's Mess Harms Everyone
Quote:The Blogger/Blogspot service is the chief way that blog spammers are using to pollute the search rankings at Google and the blog search engines, and in the process turning links into a much less valuable commodity.
Feedster seems especially vulnerable, based on my experience. But the evidence of rampant, uncontrolled "splogging," as spam blogs are now called, is apparent on all of the search services.
full article: http://bayosphere.com/blog/dan_gillmor/2...s_everyone