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A spam blog, also known as an auto blog or the neologismsplog,[1] is a blog which the author uses to promote affiliated websites, to increase the search engine rankings of associated sites or to simply sell links/ads.
The purpose of a splog can be to increase the PageRank or backlink portfolio of affiliate websites, to artificially inflate paid ad impressions from visitors (see made for AdSense or MFA-blogs), and/or use the blog as a link outlet to sell links or get new sites indexed.[2] Spam blogs are usually a type of scraper site, where content is often either inauthentic text or merely stolen (see blog scraping) from other websites. These blogs usually contain a high number of links to sites associated with the splog creator which are often disreputable or otherwise useless websites.
This is used often in conjunction with other spamming techniques, including spings.
The term splog was popularized around mid August 2005 when it was used publicly by Mark Cuban,[3][4] It developed from multiple linkblogs that were trying to influence search indexes and others trying to Google bomb every word in the dictionary.
^"Wired 14.09: Spam + Blogs = Trouble. Splogs are the latest thing in online scams". Wired.com. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
^Zhu, Linhong; Sun, Aixin; Choi, Byron (2011-03-01). "Detecting spam blogs from blog search results". Information Processing & Management. 47 (2): 246–262. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2010.03.006. ISSN 0306-4573.
^Yamamoto, Mike (2005-08-17). "Are 'splogs' ruining the blogs?". CNet News. Retrieved 2009-01-31. Cuban, who defines a splog as "any blog whose creator doesn't add any written value," writes: "Go to your favorite blog search engine and type in hair loss. Or you can try Cialis, or Discount Tickets?? You get the idea. Anything that has ever been spammed about is spammed in monstrous proportions in the blogosphere because its so easy to do."
spam, blog, autoblog, redirects, here, automotive, news, shopping, site, weblogs, autoblog, spamming, made, through, comments, legitimate, blogs, spam, blogs, spam, blog, also, known, auto, blog, neologism, splog, blog, which, author, uses, promote, affiliated. Autoblog redirects here For the automotive news and shopping site see Weblogs Inc Autoblog For spamming made through comments in legitimate blogs see Spam in blogs A spam blog also known as an auto blog or the neologism splog 1 is a blog which the author uses to promote affiliated websites to increase the search engine rankings of associated sites or to simply sell links ads The purpose of a splog can be to increase the PageRank or backlink portfolio of affiliate websites to artificially inflate paid ad impressions from visitors see made for AdSense or MFA blogs and or use the blog as a link outlet to sell links or get new sites indexed 2 Spam blogs are usually a type of scraper site where content is often either inauthentic text or merely stolen see blog scraping from other websites These blogs usually contain a high number of links to sites associated with the splog creator which are often disreputable or otherwise useless websites This is used often in conjunction with other spamming techniques including spings Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe term splog was popularized around mid August 2005 when it was used publicly by Mark Cuban 3 4 It developed from multiple linkblogs that were trying to influence search indexes and others trying to Google bomb every word in the dictionary See also editAdversarial information retrieval CAPTCHA Blog scraping Link farm Spam in blogs SpamdexingReferences edit Wired 14 09 Spam Blogs Trouble Splogs are the latest thing in online scams Wired com 2009 01 04 Retrieved 2010 05 14 Zhu Linhong Sun Aixin Choi Byron 2011 03 01 Detecting spam blogs from blog search results Information Processing amp Management 47 2 246 262 doi 10 1016 j ipm 2010 03 006 ISSN 0306 4573 Yamamoto Mike 2005 08 17 Are splogs ruining the blogs CNet News Retrieved 2009 01 31 Cuban who defines a splog as any blog whose creator doesn t add any written value writes Go to your favorite blog search engine and type in hair loss Or you can try Cialis or Discount Tickets You get the idea Anything that has ever been spammed about is spammed in monstrous proportions in the blogosphere because its so easy to do Cuban s original post is archived here 1 External links editBlogger About Spam Blogs SVMs for the Blogosphere Blog Identification and Splog Detection news com com Tempted by blogs spam becomes splog The Guardian 17 November 2005 Cashing in on fake blogs nbsp This Internet related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spam blog amp oldid 1174013412, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
