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- arcticblue, on 04/16/2008, -1/+73Dugg. Another way to find splogs is to just check out the upcoming section of Digg. It's pretty much 90% a combination of spam, splogs, and blog spam.
- rudy23, on 04/16/2008, -2/+29not another catch phrase. Please spare us.
- KingGorilla, on 04/16/2008, -1/+28You fight splogs with pogs
- serif69, on 04/16/2008, -0/+20News: Ssexuaallyp Exp1jcitk S'U'BTLEg TE'jCiH'NI'QU'EiSj
- ngmcs8203, on 04/16/2008, -0/+15Slammers!
- fakekevinrose, on 04/16/2008, -0/+15Report diggers who submit their own blog links while they rip content from another source without adding anything of value.
- Ender008, on 04/16/2008, -0/+11I don't blog, but that must be really annoying.
- robmcm, on 04/16/2008, -1/+11Digg is a good way to weed out spam and splogs. If it's got past this many peeps, then it must be good spam
- heypetray, on 04/16/2008, -0/+9Nice username.
- bgrah449, on 04/16/2008, -2/+9om nom nom nom
- moocow1452, on 04/16/2008, -0/+6Splog! Splog! It's big, it's heavy, it's wood!
- inactive, on 04/16/2008, -1/+7Spam is getting harder and harder to detect with their subtle techniques.
- borninda818, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5No you wont...but why waste your time?
- Atomic1fire, on 04/16/2008, -2/+6Except Those A. Often make actual sense
and B.
Not all gawker properties are nessesarly bad
in fact I think it was Lifehacker that started a policy that if they were going to use content from another site they would remove the digg button so the original site would be dugg instead - TRScheel, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4Spam and all its 'siblings' like splogs are the equivalent of internet prostitution. How can you participate in it and not feel dirty?
- visionaryIX, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4Bandwidth?
- mrjofo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4Wow, one-stop shopping.
- fkr3, on 04/16/2008, -2/+5They're not all "bad" but the more popular ones make a conscious effort to link only to themselves which is anti-user and stupid since they're rarely the authority on a company or product. Almost any article on Engadget or Gizmodo is likely to link to other articles on the same blog 1/2 a dozen times but not link to any actually relevant 3rd party information.
Combined with their almost 100% regurgitation of other blogs they pretty much fit the definition of spam.
If they ever start actually writing for users instead of ad impressions they might find they might be able to actually attract and keep their own audience instead of just trying to get each 'article' front paged on digg. - Shadowgamers, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3Forefront of social engineering? V:
- bacon_skoda, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3good idea, dude. TechMike has written an interesting post about gibberish Italians. Here's and excerpt..[blah]
- throwingks, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3Abstinence education does not work!
- Packard, on 04/16/2008, -6/+9for example, most weblogs inc. properties (engadget, joystiq, etc.), gawker media properties, etc.
- mrjofo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3It's a Wired wiki, using content from a Wired article. I don't see a huge problem with this.
- mllawso, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3MAKE PENIS FAST! VIAGRA HOME INSURANCE TIMESHARE!
- AHolmes360, on 04/16/2008, -1/+4Did this article look like a splog of the related news article to anyone else? :
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/1 ... - hongkongjapie, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2except you have to find the splogger first and he/she has to live in the US.
- RussellDovey, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Well, there's a lot of dirt one can tolerate when one is drowning in sweet, sweet, unearned cash from idiots.
- falkonv7l, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2So just let 'em dissolve by not being dugg.
- RussellDovey, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3That's different; when you download Leonard Nimoy - Bilbo Baggins.mp3 from me, I don't pretend to be the one singing.
- saxreturns, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2It's Splog, it's splog, it's better than bad, it's good!
- TechMike, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2So that's what those comments are! They've been showing up on my blogs with "great job, dude" and then linking to a site of gibberish Italian and English words. I've held them in the spam folder. Now I know to blast away!
- ngmcs8203, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2Subject: Fem@|e /|agr@-1.23*
- falkonv7l, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2If I go bury crazy on that 90% will I get in trouble with Digg?
- mawh, on 04/16/2008, -3/+4127.0.0.1 *.blogspot.com in the hosts file?
- andrewpmk, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1If they're copying your own content, you can just send them a DMCA notice. That will get rid of them pretty quickly.
- scottsharperz, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1i'm seeing more and more sites like that show up in google. pisses me off when im looking for information.
- liquidpele, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Dammit, got beat by mere seconds...
- mrjofo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1That's not fight, that's flight. You're just hiding it from your own view.
- jaobedoza, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1this is old news, but dugg nonetheless
- darklights, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1New from Blammo: Action splog, with realistic facial moss!
- BlaenkDenum, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1So that's what they're called. A while ago I googled something and ended up at some random blog, it actually looked really nice and all, but the article was word for word the same article LifeHacker had written, and even the comments with the user's names were there and everything. This is lame.
- RussellDovey, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1No, I be pretendin to be a PIRATE who downloaded the song from some poor scurvy bastard merchant scum! Yarr!
- hongkongjapie, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I totally agree, after reading the article there's some fineprint at the bottom saying it was adapted from blah blah, seems more like ripped. If you rip good articles, it would be more appropriate to mention it at the beginning of the article so the reader can decide if it wants to go straight to the source or not. Also the howto/wiki version seems to be published under creative commons licence, the original doesn't seem to be, sounds a bit messy to me!
- bgrah449, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2No, but you are pretending to be someone who already paid for the song.
- digitalgreek, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1catch phrase, we just gave it a combined two names together? eesh, lingual conservative...
- licoricewhip, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I stopped using the internet hours ago.
- eastcoast, on 09/04/2008, -0/+1There is one thing this article says which is false. Google Adsense does have a form to report plagiarism, aka splogging, but even if you provide all information to Google about the splogger, Google will not investigate it until you do this: (I just received this letter this morning!)
Dear xxxx
It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply
with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the text of which can be found
at the U.S. Copyright Office website: http://www.copyright.gov/) and other
applicable intellectual property laws. In this case, this means that if we
receive proper notice of infringement, we will forward that notice to the
responsible web site publisher.
To file a notice of infringement with us, you must provide a written
communication (by fax or regular mail, not by email) that sets forth the
items specified below. Please note that pursuant to that Act, you may be
liable to the alleged infringer for damages (including costs and
attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that you own an item when
you in fact do not. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether you have the
right to request removal from our service, we suggest that you first
contact an attorney.
To expedite our ability to process your request, please use the following
format (including section numbers):
1. Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe has
been infringed upon. For example, "The copyrighted work at issue is the
text that appears on http://www.legal.com/legal_page.html."
2. Identify the material that you claim is infringing upon the copyrighted
work listed in item #1 above. You must identify each page that allegedly
contains infringing material by providing its URL.
3. Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Google to contact
you (email address is preferred).
4. Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that use
of the copyrighted materials described above on the allegedly infringing
webpages is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
5. Include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury,
that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the
copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an
exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
6. Sign the paper.
7. Send the written communication to the following address:
Google, Inc.
Attn: AdSense Support, DMCA complaints
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043
OR Fax to:
(650) 618-8507, Attn: AdSense Support, DMCA complaints
Sincerely,
Katie
The Google AdSense Team - jhenz, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0I can't believe simple bloggers like us are in danger of this stuff. Aside from reporting it to admins and moderators, why don't we build something like a committee where we monitor each other's work and catch splogs in a way?... I dunno, just a suggestion --- any other?
- leerayIG88, on 04/16/2008, -5/+5#1 way to fight splogs.
Stop using the internet. - vinnyvenus, on 04/16/2008, -7/+7I find ironic digg and wired advocates piracy of music but somehow stealing your blog content is different. Can we say double standard.
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