This is a running list of interesting posts about a two-pronged subject which destroys a blog and seems to be a trend in the blogosphere and on the internet. These are problems for sites that aren’t blogs, too.
That thread produced a very interesting code to insert to an .htaccess file and I can’t wait to try it.
It wasn’t only the splogs that I was having to deal with, it was also the bots that were attempting to redirect my pages, permalinks, and even created cache pages.
SEO Friendly Permanent Redirects
Simple Cloak v2 PHP Implementation
Yeah, it’s a lot of reading. And there were other links but it appears that I didn’t save them into my favorites. So I’ll keep reading.
How to fight the surging splogs
The “Fighting Splog” blog also includes Adsense spammers, which is interesting.
Lorelle has some interesting posts on splogs, too.
Weekly Digest: WordPress 2.2 Delay, Fighting Splogs, Lorelle in Chicago, and Lorelle in Print
Just go to the Splogs part.
Here is a page with her posts on splogs.
But that page is also useful because of Copyright Law tips and other useful tidbits.
She has a page of “Stop Content Theft” buttons and badges you’re invited to lift and host, one of which I have in my sidebar.
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Splogs and Bots
This is a running list of interesting posts about a two-pronged subject which destroys a blog and seems to be a trend in the blogosphere and on the internet. These are problems for sites that aren’t blogs, too.
Blocking badly behaving bots
That…
Some great links in there, some great resources. I would toss out a few other resources such as FeedBurner, which can help detect uncommon uses, but there really is only so much one can do with a wordpress.com account in this area I’m afraid.
Thank you for drawing attention to this issue!
Thanks for your comment, Jonathan! Looks to me as though you’re up on this copyright stuff, so it’s great to see you here in comments.