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Blog Spam is the term most used to refer to promotional links to blogs, or articles on a blog, on websites like Wikipedia, in blog comments or any other website which allows user generated content. Often these links are added by site owners or agents thereof to other blogs' comments or inserted into Wikipedia in order to self-promote the blog in question. More often than not, they represent cruft or undesirable content. While sometimes used interchangeably with the terms comment spam or spam in blogs, which describe the act of spamming a blog, neither accurately describes the act of a blogger self-advertising his or her own blog through viral methods. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... It has been suggested that Online diary be merged into this article or section. ... Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... An act of self advertisment, when a person hypes themself in order to achieve a higher status. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Link spam (also called blog spam or comment spam) is a form of spamming or spamdexing that recently became publicized most often when targeting weblogs (or blogs), but also affects wikis (where it is often called wikispam), guestbooks, and online discussion boards. ... Spam in blogs (also called simply blog spam or comment spam) is a form of spamdexing. ... The term Blogger may refer to: A blogger, someone who maintains a weblog. ...
Blog spam in Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a target of blog owners due to its open nature, ability for anyone to edit and its wide-ranging appeal as a resource. A blogger writes about a particular subject and subsequently adds a link to the "article" to Wikipedia. Such links to blogs are often added as references, to the see also section or in-line linking. Blogs rarely cite sources, are often not verifiable and are on the whole unreliable. Because of that, Wikipedia editors often interpret such entries as hostile and remove them on sight. The problem has reached epidemic levels as new blog authors continue to advertise themselves through somewhat nefarious means. Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
In Spam Kings, author and investigative journalist Brian McWilliams delivers a compelling account of the cat-and-mouse game played by spam entrepreneurs (including the notorious Davis Wolfgang Hawke, "Dr. Fatburn," and Scott Richter) in search of easy fortunes and the cyber-vigilantes who are trying to stop them.
But despite such progress, my spam folders are still filling up with hundreds of spams each day, and many of the same names are on the Spamhaus list of the world's biggest spammers.
Some recent drug spams are apparently coming from webmail providers including Frys.com and some public libraries, such as one in Maryland.
Blogs evolved out of a desire to remove barriers to online conversation, and restricting their ability to add comments would seriously reduce the sort of lively debate that makes them so interesting.
After all, a public blog with an accessible comments page is hardly a closed system, and even if you have an acceptable use policy saying what sort of postings you welcome, that is not legally binding either.
A blog is a place to express your views in a public arena, and having some unknown people fill the space with advertising is the online equivalent of finding that someone has pinned a card advertising "private massage" to your coat when you were not looking.
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