Cleaning up the blogosphere one splog at a time.Tumblr (3.0; @splogreporter)http://splogreporter.com/<p><a href="http://splogreporter.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m304/somewhatfrank/logo-comic.gif" alt="Photobucket" border="0"/></a></p> <p> The simplest definition for splog is as follows:<br/><br/><b>SPAM + BLOG = SPLOG</b><br/><br/> Splog is a terrorist to our blogosphere and needs to be stopped. This site was created for “good willed” bloggers to report splog in an effort to help to clean up the blogosphere of <a href="http://blogs.icerocket.com/tag/splog" rel="tag" target="_blank">splog</a>. It was spurred by the called to arms of Mark Cuban <a href="http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000870054492/" target="_blank">here</a> and then followed up by a <a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/08/what_is_splog_a.html" target="_blank">post</a> on <a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/" target="_blank">Somewhat Frank</a>.<br/><br/> Check out these recent article mentions:<br/><br/><i><b>Red Herring</b> - 12/27/05</i><br/><a href="http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15067&hed=Spam+Plagues+Blogs" target="_blank"> Spam Plagues Blogs</a><br/><br/><i><b>WebProNews.com</b> - 11/07/05</i><br/><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/expertarticles/wpn-62-20051107BlogWarsAttackOfTheSplogs.html" target="_blank"> Blog Wars: Attack Of The Splogs</a><br/><br/><i><b>The Toronto Star</b> - 11/06/05</i><br/><a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1131222412228&call_pageid=970599119419&DPL=JvsODSH7Aw0u%2bwoRO%2bYKDSblFxAk%2bwoVO%2bYODSbhFxAg%2bwkRO%2bUPDSXiFxMh%2bwkZO%2bUCDSTmFxIk%2bw8RO%2bMKDSPkFxUj%2bw8UO%2bMNDSPgFxUv%2bw8YO%2bILDSLkFxQh1w%3d%3d&tacodalogin=yes" target="_blank"> Advanced ads, or attack of the splog people</a><br/><br/><i><b>Wired News</b> - 10/27/05</i><br/><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69380,00.html" target="_blank"> How to Fight Those Surging Splogs</a><br/><br/><i><b>Wall Street Journal</b> - 10/19/05</i><br/><a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB112968552226872712-a60HA16WosKoP_LNbwPAkLZQQJE_20061018.html?mod=public_home_us" target="_blank"> ‘Splogs’ Roil Web, and Some Blame Google</a><br/><br/><i><b>eWeek</b> - 8/17/05</i><br/><a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1849438,00.asp" target="_blank"> Blog Search Engine Threatens Ban of Blogger Blogs</a></p> <br/><br/><p> Recent blogosphere mentions of Splog Reporter:<br/><a href="http://modernjournalist.blogspot.com/2005/11/more-splogs-clogging-up-news.html" target="_blank"> More Splogs Clogging Up The News</a><br/><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/11/washington_post.html" target="_blank"> Washington Post Reports On Splog</a><br/><a href="http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1130770990.shtml" target="_blank"> Splog?</a><br/><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/10/splog_reporter__1.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter Highlighted On Wired News</a><br/><a href="http://blog.xavier.ashe.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/28/1327882.html" target="_blank"> An Attempt to Fight Back against SPLOG</a><br/><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexbarn/archive/2005/10/27/485565.aspx" target="_blank"> How to report splogs and RSS spam</a><br/><a href="http://www.clicktohit.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/27/1325602.html" target="_blank"> Attack of the Splogs</a><br/><a href="http://webpedia.wordpress.com/2005/10/25/splog/" target="_blank"> Splog</a><br/><a href="http://blogfresh.blogspot.com/2005/10/splogtech-fake-charity.html" target="_blank"> Splogtech & fake charity</a><br/><a href="http://podcast.bloguniverse.com/?p=11" target="_blank"> BlogU #8 Splogs, blogs, ads and fads</a><br/><a href="http://rlnarain.blogspot.com/2005/10/beware-splogs-are-in.html" target="_blank"> Beware Splogs are in</a><br/><a href="http://johnbell.typepad.com/weblog/2005/10/splogs_again.html" target="_blank"> Splogs Again</a><br/><a href="http://moookie.blogspot.com/2005/10/aaarrrggghhh-splogs.html" target="_blank"> Aaarrrggghhh Splogs!</a><br/><a href="http://islanddave.blogzy.com/home/2005/10/7009.html" target="_blank"> Weekend Splog Attack</a><br/><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/10/splog_reporter_.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter Cited In WSJ Report</a><br/><a href="http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/troy/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3307161608" target="_blank"> Is the old Yahoo approach better than Google in dealing with splogs?</a><br/><a href="http://web-clips.blogspot.com/2005/10/improve-usefulness-of-blogosphere.html" target="_blank"> Improve usefulness of the blogosphere</a><br/><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/10/icerocket_bans_.html" target="_blank"> Splog Causes IceRocket To Ban Blogspot</a><br/><a href="http://michaelpollitt.com/wordpress/?p=65" target="_blank"> Splog reporter</a><br/><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/09/splog_reporter_.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter Improves Features and Reporting Flow</a><br/><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/09/technorati_host.html" target="_blank"> Technorati To Host Second Web Spam Summit</a><br/><a href="http://tcampbell.net/2005/09/splog-reporter.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter !</a><br/><a href="http://blog.qumana.com/blog/_archives/2005/9/11/1219471.html" target="_blank"> Take a bite out of splogs …</a><br/><a href="http://www.onebyonemedia.com/archives/000076.html" target="_blank"> Splog Hunter</a><br/><a href="http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2005/09/splog_hunting.html" target="_blank"> Splog Hunting</a><br/><a href="http://digitalgrit.typepad.com/getting_granular_the_digi/2005/09/rss_blog_google_1.html" target="_blank"> RSS Blog: Google “404s” Blogspot Splogs</a><br/><a href="http://digitalsurgery.net/archives/2005/09/07/fight-splog-splog-reporter-to-the-rescue/" target="_blank"> Fight splog, Splog Reporter to the rescue</a><br/><a href="http://islanddave.blogzy.com/home/2005/09/5793.html" target="_blank"> Two New Anti-Splog Sites Up and Running</a><br/><a href="http://www.solutionwatch.com/210/get-the-splog-out/" target="_blank"> Get the Splog out!</a><br/><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/08/splog_report_ad.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter Adds A Firefox Extension</a><br/><a href="http://blogfresh.blogspot.com/2005/08/splog-reporter.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter</a><br/><a href="http://chongq.blogspot.com/2005/08/splog-reporter.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter</a><br/><a href="http://digitalgrit.typepad.com/getting_granular_the_digi/2005/08/splog_reporter_.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter - Superhero of the Blogosphere?</a><br/><a href="http://www.operationgadget.com/2005/08/im_tired_of_ge.html" target="_blank"> I’m Tired of Getting Ripped Off by Splogs</a><br/><a href="http://www.miriadz.com/blog/?p=77" target="_blank"> Whats Going On With The Fight Against Blog Spam?</a><br/><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2005/08/splog_reporter_.html" target="_blank"> Splog Reporter Improves Functionality With New Look</a><br/><a href="http://mellowthefout.blogspot.com/2005/08/splogreportercom-version-2.html" target="_blank"> SplogReporter.com : Version 2</a><br/><a href="http://www.computertoaster.com/archives/spamscams/find_and_destroy_all_spam.php" target="_blank"> Find and destroy all spam weblogs</a><br/><a href="http://blog-y.blogspot.com/2005/08/just-blabber-splog-or-blog.html" target="_blank"> Just Blabber: Splog or Blog</a><br/><a href="http://business2.blogs.com/business2blog/2005/08/stop_splog.html" target="_blank"> Stop Splog</a><br/><a href="http://blogsarefordogs.blogspot.com/2005/08/splogs-are-for-dogs.html" target="_blank"> Splogs are for dogs?</a><br/><a href="http://suburbia75.blogspot.com/2005/08/more-from-splog-front.html" target="_blank"> more from the Splog front…</a><br/><a href="http://www.zoliblog.com/blog/_archives/2005/8/16/1143354.html" target="_blank"> Splogs / Clogs getting Iced</a><br/><a href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/2005/08/outing_the_spam.html" target="_blank"> Outing the Spam Bloggers One at a Time</a><br/><a href="http://mellowthefout.blogspot.com/2005/08/ever-hear-of-splog.html" target="_blank"> Ever Hear Of Splog?</a><br/><a href="http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000870054492/" target="_blank"> A splog here, a splog there, pretty soon it ads up… and we all lose</a> </p>http://splogreporter.com/post/24021514http://splogreporter.com/post/24021514Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:06:00 -0600