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Blogs And The Redirect Warning
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/ 2008/ 11/ blogs-and-redirect-warning.htmlThe Blogosphere, and particularly the BlogSpot address space, has been known, for some time, as a space where undesirable content is located. BlogSpot has been used for delivery of visually undesirable content (aka porn), and non visually undesirable content (aka hacking and spam) for some time.
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The spam on the web finds YOU
http://ericrice.com/ spin/ 2008/ 11/ 26/ the-spam-on-the-web-finds-you/The last couple of posts here about a video game that’s closing in 2009, have garnered a fair share of pings from sites that pretend to be normal blog sites citing the articles I wrote. Of course, these sites are all keyword generated– which means because I mentioned something in the post, the spam blogs (splogs) were triggered.
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WordPressDirect: Blogging Tool or Spam Engine
http://www.blogherald.com/ 2008/ 11/ 24/ wordpressdirect-blogging-tool-or-spam-e…A recent post on Mashable regarding a tool called WordPress Direct elicited a great deal of passion on both sides. One commenter, for example, called the service a “one stop shop spam blog engine” while another, who claims to have used the service, said it was “a simple solution to adding new posts to a blog in between longer, hand written posts”.
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Automated Video Sites
http://thenexus.tk/ automated-video-sites/Written by the monkey's atThe Nexus Recently a discussion over at bloggingtips.com on automated sites made be think about an earlier project Automated Sites; The real cash? and I thought are these kind of sites still a viable option?
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Vox sploggers are back
http://jackyan.vox.com/ library/ post/ vox-sploggers-are-back.htmlLooks like there are new IP addresses that the sploggers are exploiting Vox from. If you go to ‘Explore Vox’, you will probably find that splogs, again, outnumber legitimate posts by a substantial amount. I have suggested to Vox that surely a CAPTCHA method could prevent this.
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Has Vox fixed its splog problem?
http://jackyan.vox.com/ library/ post/ has-vox-%EF%AC%81xed-its-splog-problem.ht…After each posting to Vox I noticed that ‘Recent posts’ was filled with splogs, spam blogs. I have been reporting a lot to Vox, and wasn’t sure if they did anything with my reports. Others I know, who are friends here, have done the same.
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Attributor Analyzes TrueAudience
http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/ 2008/ 11/ 19/ attributor-analyzes-trueaudience/A recent study by content tracking company Attributor attempted to determine the true audience of a Web publisher by analyzing both the viewership the site’s content gets on its own site and what it gets on other sites where it is copied onto, usually without a license. The results were stunning.
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Splogs, Copyright Infringement, Sphinn Power and the Trademark Productions Smackdown
http://www.aimclearblog.com/ 2008/ 11/ 11/ splogs-copyright-infringement-sphinn-…A “splog” is a spam blog which might scrape or otherwise rip off content from other blogs. There are a myriad of motivations which drive unscrupulous publishers to steal content or create garbage posts: Organic prominence and AdSense revenue are classic spoils for plagiarizing. Gaining false credentials to dupe unsuspecting clients is another.
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Dealing with Content Theft on Blogger vs WordPress
http://www.labnol.org/ internet/ blogging/ content-theft-on-blogger-and-wordpres…If I come across a blog that is republishing content without attribution, I first send a polite email to the blog owner asking him or her to remove the material. This method is extremely effective and works in 99% of the cases.
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Blog Scams: There Is Nothing Like This Anywhere
http://www.blogherald.com/ 2008/ 09/ 30/ blog-scams-there-is-nothing-like-this-a…I hate hyperbole, and what really infuriates me are claims that “there is nothing like this anywhere!” Oh, really. With the modern treasure trove called search engines, there is little left in the world that can’t be found, and odds are that your original, can’t be found anywhere, is findable.
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