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A spam blog, sometimes referred to by the neologism splog, is a blog which the author uses to promote affiliated websites, to increase the search engine rankings of associated sites or to simply sell links/ads. The purpose of a splog can be to increase the PageRank or backlink portfolio of affiliate websites, to artificially inflate paid ad impressions from visitors (see MFA-blogs), and/or use the blog as a link outlet to sell links or get new sites indexed. Spam blogs are usually a type of scraper site, where content is often either inauthentic text or merely stolen (see blog scraping) from other websites. These blogs usually contain a high number of links to sites associated with the splog creator which are often disreputable or otherwise useless websites. There is frequent confusion between the terms "splog" and "spam in blogs". Splogs are blogs where the articles are fake, and are only created for search engine spamming. To spam in blogs, conversely, is to include random comments on the blogs of innocent bystanders, in which spammers take advantage of a site's ability to allow visitors to post comments that may include links. In fact, one of the earliest uses of the term "splog" referred to the latter. This is used often in conjunction with other spamming techniques, including spings. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Is a wordpress blog inside an iweb site spam? Q. I am wondering if a wordpress blog imbedded inside my website is considered spam? I have a website located here: and I want to start a landscaping blog through wordpress and then imbed it in my site Asked by David - Sat Mar 13 13:08:29 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments Can any one tell me the details of Blog & Spam ? Q. What is Blog? What is Spam? What is Cookie? What is Macro Virus ? Asked by Tirtha - Wed Apr 12 16:37:34 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. A blog (or weblog) is a website in which messages are posted and displayed with the newest at the top. Like other media, blogs often focus on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news. Some blogs function as online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. Since its appearance in 1995, blogging has emerged as a popular means of communication, affecting public opinion and mass media around the world. E-mail spam is a subset of spam that involves sending nearly identical messages to thousands (or millions) of recipients. Perpetrators of such spam ("spammers") often harvest addresses of prospective recipients from Usenet postings or from web… [cont.] Answered by Shaba! - Wed Apr 12 16:43:07 2006 How do I get rid of spam on my Wordpress blog?
Q. My blog is not hosted by Wordpress, instead I installed Wordpress using Fantastico in my site's cPanel. I want to enable Akismet in WP, but I need an API key which means I have to sign up to Wordpress? If I do this, will it work with my blog which isn't a 'example.wordpress.com' blog but my own domain? If this wont work, are there any plugins that will do the job? Every day I'm getting hundreds of spam comments :( Asked by Beth - Fri Aug 7 09:58:03 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Yes you will have to sign up with wordpress.com but when you sign up you can choose the option to only get a username and not a blog. Once you get signed up, go to your profile and your API Key will be listed. Another plugin you can use is WP-SpamFree Answered by Shawn - Fri Aug 7 10:18:10 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Spam blog" See also:
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