Comments on: A Spam Bleg http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/06/a-spam-bleg/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:04:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jacques Chester http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/06/a-spam-bleg/#comment-290173 Jacques Chester Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:22:02 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5493#comment-290173 Not really. Google Alerts is smart enough only to send you things it hasn't already sent you. So if it happens again I'll get an email. Not really. Google Alerts is smart enough only to send you things it hasn’t already sent you. So if it happens again I’ll get an email.

]]> By: Liam http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/06/a-spam-bleg/#comment-290170 Liam Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:03:01 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5493#comment-290170 Seems very unwieldy. Woe betide the Nigerian socialist bloggers who want to discuss card-playing or sexual health. Seems very unwieldy. Woe betide the Nigerian socialist bloggers who want to discuss card-playing or sexual health.

]]> By: wilful http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/06/a-spam-bleg/#comment-290128 wilful Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:56:18 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5493#comment-290128 Hey that's a good thing that Google do, it helps devalue spam. Hey that’s a good thing that Google do, it helps devalue spam.

]]> By: Jacques Chester http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/06/a-spam-bleg/#comment-290083 Jacques Chester Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:18:29 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5493#comment-290083 For the moment I'm using Google Alerts to sweep the site for instances of keywords like 'poker', 'cialis' etc. The Google index also sees through the noscript spam so anything that's affected turns up. I hope our Google standing will creep up a little overall. Luckily we're firmly established as the top result for 'club troppo' over some nightclub in NSW. I reckon we might also get penalised for having a surfeit of outgoing links -- a lot of spam blogs have that pattern. For the moment I’m using Google Alerts to sweep the site for instances of keywords like ‘poker’, ‘cialis’ etc. The Google index also sees through the noscript spam so anything that’s affected turns up.

I hope our Google standing will creep up a little overall. Luckily we’re firmly established as the top result for ‘club troppo’ over some nightclub in NSW.

I reckon we might also get penalised for having a surfeit of outgoing links — a lot of spam blogs have that pattern.

]]> By: Helen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/07/06/a-spam-bleg/#comment-290057 Helen Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:47:08 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5493#comment-290057 I have the same problem (Google ranking was good earlier in the year, now nonexistent, & finding rubbish code in old posts. I'd be very interested to hear of retrospective sweeping tools, too. I have the same problem (Google ranking was good earlier in the year, now nonexistent, & finding rubbish code in old posts. I’d be very interested to hear of retrospective sweeping tools, too.

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