http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/04/01/more-on-adsense-splogs/ Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:33:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/04/01/more-on-adsense-splogs/#comment-840 Fighting Spam — All Kinds Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:53:11 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/04/01/more-on-adsense-splogs/#comment-840 [...] there appears to be a rise in pingbacks as a result of feed scraping, which I’ve discussed here and here. Pingback spam is usually pretty easy to spot; the software that scapes the feeds [...] [...] there appears to be a rise in pingbacks as a result of feed scraping, which I’ve discussed here and here. Pingback spam is usually pretty easy to spot; the software that scapes the feeds [...]

]]> http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/04/01/more-on-adsense-splogs/#comment-839 WordPress Visual QuickStart Guide » Fighting Spam — All Kinds Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:43:34 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2007/04/01/more-on-adsense-splogs/#comment-839 [...] Pingback spam is a comment that appears as a result of a link on another blog pinging your blog. Although many pingbacks are legitimate (as many comments are legitimate), there appears to be a rise in pingbacks as a result of feed scraping, which I’ve discussed here and here. Pingback spam is usually pretty easy to spot; the software that scapes the feeds isn’t very creative, so the excerpt is usually an exact quote from what’s been scraped. Sometimes, oddly enough, the quote is from the copyright notice that appears at the bottom of every feed item originating from this site. Pingbacks automate the linking of your site to someone elses — in the case of pingback spam, it’s likely to be a splogger. [...] [...] Pingback spam is a comment that appears as a result of a link on another blog pinging your blog. Although many pingbacks are legitimate (as many comments are legitimate), there appears to be a rise in pingbacks as a result of feed scraping, which I’ve discussed here and here. Pingback spam is usually pretty easy to spot; the software that scapes the feeds isn’t very creative, so the excerpt is usually an exact quote from what’s been scraped. Sometimes, oddly enough, the quote is from the copyright notice that appears at the bottom of every feed item originating from this site. Pingbacks automate the linking of your site to someone elses — in the case of pingback spam, it’s likely to be a splogger. [...]

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