[Air-L] Query: iCommons in order to beginners- a paint(ca. 2006) hereby ...

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These *are* actually generally referred to as "spam blogs" (or, 
ocassionally, splogs).  They are a 
well-known phenomena.  They are a newer version of old "link farms" where 
the goal is to get as many links as possible coming in.  As part of this 
effort, multiple blogs are usually set up by the same entity and they 
reference each other in large quantities.

The goal, of course, is to boost Google rankings by having large numbers 
of references (one of the variables in Google's algorithm).  To that 
end, most of these blogs are also responsible for leaving spam in the 
comments section of legitimate blogs, so you are certainly not the only 
person to have come across them.  Almost anyone owning a blog is liable to 
have seen them at some point.

They do a ton of posts in a short period of time because Google will block 
a farm colony once it identifies it as such, so they have only a limited 
time to do whatever it is they need to do. 
-Alexis

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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Steve Cavrak wrote:

::Does anyone have a more description term other than "spam blog" for sites like
::the one below ?
::
::Agykishikimberly?s Weblog
::June 29, 2008 · No Comments
::http://agykishikimberly.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/icommons-in-order-to-beginners-a-paintca-2006-hereby-high-toned-curzon-premium/
::
::Alter had the happiness touching chatting in truth in a capsule partnered with
::Fashionable Curzon Sacrifice at the iSummit entree Dubrovnik ere then this
::common year, aside from his sunshiny privileged question was castrated passing
::through a cushion audience? Highfalutin, Me owe ourselves a observation!
::
::... etc
::The basic characteristic of the site is that there is a burst of postings - a
::dozen or so in ten minutes, a series of links to equally O(2) or so English.
::
::Anyone have a good theory of the underlying motive for them ? Or am I the only
::one running into them :) ?
::
::Steve
::
::
::
::
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