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Splogs: A New Generation of Irritation

Data Doctors Radio Program | Ken Colburn & Brandon Disney Some 56 per cent of active English language blogs are splogs, according to a study released in May 2006 by Tim Finin, a researcher at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA and two of his students. Splogs generate content using software robots that skim web pages and copy text, matching pre-fed keywords. Web pages packed with gibberish are the result and supply yet another loophole for scammers to generate revenue from search engines.

These fake blogs waste valuable disk space and bandwidth as well as pollute search engine results, ruining blog search engines and damaging bloggers community networking. Beyond the technical issues, this spam of the blogosphere hinders our ability to search for legitimate blogs and buries useful information.

Tune in this Weekend as Ken and Brandon one of the latest Net annoyances and how to spot a splog.

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Original Air Date: Oct 14, 2006


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