Splog
Guide Note: A spam blog, or splog, is a blog that scrapes content from other sites, or otherwise has fake content, with the intention of advertising to or making money from users. Go to the Mahalo FAQ for information on why we do not link to splogs.
Fast Facts:
The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: Splog | Blog scraping
- Blog Post: How To Spot a Splog
- Splog Search Engine: SplogSpot
- Blog Post: A splog here, a splog there, pretty soon it ads up... and we all lose
- Article: "Why Google is the service of choice for sploggers" (2007)
- Article: Tempted by blogs, spam becomes 'splog' (2005)
- Blog Post: Behind Splogging: Why Sploggers Splog
Splog News and Articles
- Wired: Spam + Blogs = Trouble (2006) | How to Fight Those Surging Splogs (2005)
- StepForth: Splogs + Scraping + AdSense = Fraud (2005)
Splog Blogs and Forums
- IceRocket Blog Search: Splog
- Lorelle on WordPress: Splog Blog Posts
- Ebiquity Group: Splog Bait
- UTNE: Splog Poetry
- Lorelle on WordPress: What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content (April 10, 2006)
Splog Criticism
- Blog: Fighting Splog
- The Blog Herald: Reporting Blog Content Thieves
- PlagiarismToday: Scraping Starts from the Very First Post
- Fight Splog!: How to report splogs
- Google: Report Spam
Splog Support
- Splog.com
- Online Marketing Research: How to Make a WordPress Blog Duplicate Content Safe
- DoshDosh: How to Make Money Blogging
- Joost de Valk's SEO Blog: Make the scrapers work for you!
Examples of Splogs
- Mahalo does not link to splogs, therefore the following links are not active:
- http://www.juicenonireview.org/juice-noni/ Hawaiian Noni Juice
- http://nbiadvfn.blogspot.com/ ADVFN - Online Stocks Exchange !
- http://www.aboutmoneymanagement.com/ AboutMakingMoney.com
- http://www.gogetnotary.com/linkmachine/resources/resources_directories-mortgage.php GoGetNotary.com
- http://knopka.com/ P2P information
- http://www.recipe-greeting-cards.com/recipe_data.asp?Name=Mr%2E+Goodbar+Pie Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden of Recipes
