Google Blogoscoped performed an interesting experiment using a search URL to bring up random blogs hosted by Google's Blogspot, then evaluating those sites. Any auto-written site was tagged a splog, andy any blog with original writing was tagged as a normal blog. The result? 30 of 50 randomly generated blogs were splogs. A small sample, and not scientific, but eye-opening nonetheless. Blogger.com, which operates Blogspot, has soaked up a lot of criticism for failing to crack down on rampant splog.
Majority of Blogspot Blogs Are Spamblogs?
Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. It's sad, but probably true. I can see how it would have happened. People start a blog only for the purpose of promoting the URL's they promote and content beyond keyword becomes irrelevant. Blog becomes SEO tool rather than communication tool. A blog, for some, is just another way to get a backlink. Google has a lot of things to fix up. The Internet is becoming a wasteland of duplicate pages with different keywords in the metatags and title. I don't want to encourage that with a back link; so I won't paste an example here ;-)
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Trafficmom (granny now!)
3. Both my daughter and I have been spammed with commerical comments on our blogspot blogs. I am glad that we can remove those.
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Shiela
4. Ok, call me crazy but I think one solution will be this:
Attention plus filtering- an option to show me only blogs that have had users with different IP adresses spend 10 minutes on them at least 5 times. Or, create a slider ala MSN search and allow me to strengthen or weaken the attention-validated filter.
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Marshall Kirkpatrick
5. most spamer like blogspot than others its easy ..to get position in search engine if they link indexed on site with high PR
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by notebook review blog
6. I am new to blogging but found out soon that spammers are able to post replies as comments. The system of having to read letters and place them in the box works well but sadly this is just another example of how spammers are causing the net process to slow down.
8. It's sad, but probably true. I can see how it would have happened. People start a blog only for the purpose of promoting the URL's they promote and content beyond keyword becomes irrelevant. Blog becomes SEO tool rather than communication tool. A blog, for some, is just another way to get a backlink. Google has a lot of things to fix up. The Internet is becoming a wasteland of duplicate pages with different keywords in the metatags and title. I don't want to encourage that with a back link; so I won't paste an example here ;-)
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Trafficmom (granny now!)
9. Both my daughter and I have been spammed with commerical comments on our blogspot blogs. I am glad that we can remove those.
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Shiela
10. Ok, call me crazy but I think one solution will be this:
Attention plus filtering- an option to show me only blogs that have had users with different IP adresses spend 10 minutes on them at least 5 times. Or, create a slider ala MSN search and allow me to strengthen or weaken the attention-validated filter.
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Marshall Kirkpatrick
11. most spamer like blogspot than others its easy ..to get position in search engine if they link indexed on site with high PR
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by notebook review blog
12. I am new to blogging but found out soon that spammers are able to post replies as comments. The system of having to read letters and place them in the box works well but sadly this is just another example of how spammers are causing the net process to slow down.
1. This feels like such an easy -- well, if not easy, than achievable -- thing for Google to fix. Splogs have made syndicated searching for certain topics, like an upcoming movie, almost useless.
Posted at 4:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by John