Spam Blog is where you have stuff like:
hey visit my website http://torrentx.blogspot
.com cause it has
everything your looking.
But you have alot more of that
On Dec 10, 5:41 am, skanks <janeska... yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Hi there everyone,
>
> I'm a bit upset today because my brand new(est) blog:
FOUND IN POCKETS
> [http://foundinpock
ets.blogspot.com] , which is actually not just my
> blog but a collaboration between myself and Amen (an
arts blogger I
> "met" at another Google Blog Group called Art
Blog Review) has been
> called a "SPAM BLOG"!!!
>
> WHAT ARE SPAM BLOGS? (I hear you ask)
>
------------------------------------------------------------
------
>
> According to information posted by Blogger on one page
of the Blogger
> Help
> [http://help.blogger.com]
index (entitled "Is spam permitted on
> Blogger?"), a SPAM BLOG "can be recognized
by irrelevant, repetitive,
> or nonsensical text, along with a large number of
links, usually all
> pointing to a single site."
>
> SPAM BLOGS can be a thorough pain in the (you know
where) too, as
> Blogger points out:
>
> "They can clog up search engines, making it
difficult to find real
> content on the subjects that interest you. They may
scrape content
> from other sites on the web, using other people's
writing to make it
> look as though they have useful information of their
own. And if an
> automated system is creating spam posts at an extremely
high rate, it
> can impact the speed and quality of the service for
other, legitimate
> users."
>
> IS FOUND in POCKETS A SPAM BLOG???????? (I hear you
ask)
>
------------------------------------------------------------
------------
> The answer to that question, dear friends, is
unequivocally: NO
> However, if you visit SJ and Amen's new blog you can
DECIDE FOR
> YOURSELF: Found in Pockets
> [http://foundinpock
ets.blogspot.com]
>
> So HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? (I hear you ask?)
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Good Question. The answer is: I do not know. But I can
see that
> there's a couple of possibilities.
>
> It is possible that people who visit FOUND IN POCKETS
[http://
> foundinpockets.blogspot.com]
> are a lot of far-out and funky groovers and so they
straight away get
> where Amen and SJ are coming from (and going to).
These people
> therefore yell "Hey, I dig it man!".
>
> It is equally possible however, that other people might
think "What
> the heck is this all about??!!" and therefore
yell: "What the heck is
> this all about??!!"
>
> Now, just because people don't get something doesn't
mean that the
> something they "don't get" is spam! However,
it is possible that
> someone who "didn't get it" reported our
beautiful new blog as a spam
> blog. OR maybe they were just in a bad mood, were
drunk, were just
> being silly, maybe they reported it by accident or
maybe they hold a
> grudge against one of us and were being mean - who
knows? It's
> anyone's guess.
>
> REPORT SPAM BLOG
> ----------------------------------
> If you come across a blog that you KNOW is a SPAM BLOG
(please do try
> to be sure!) then you can go to the Blogger Help
[http://
> help.blogger.com] pages and, from the list of links,
select "Report
> Abuse" (it's the link that's second from the very
bottom of the page).
> Once you've clicked on that link you will be taken to
another page
> with another list on it, again, from that list (second
from the
> bottom) select "How can I report spam blogs?"
After clicking you'll
> get to a page that has a brief paragraph about how much
Blogger hates
> spam and what a good dude you will be if you report it,
in this
> paragraph is a sentence that goes: "To report
spam, please click
> here." Where it says "click here" -
click there. FINALLY you will get
> to a page that has this stuff written on it:
>
> Report a spam blog
>
> Help us to make Blogger and Blog*Spot spam-free by
reporting spam
> blogs below. Please submit each blog only once. While
we don't reply
> to individual reports, we will review every submission
as soon as
> possible and take action as necessary.
>
> For more information about spam and what we're doing to
prevent it,
> click here.
> * Denotes required field
> Report spam. Insert the appropriate URL here *: [TEXT
FIELD]
>
> [SUBMIT]
>
> Type the URL of the blog that you KNOW is a SPAM BLOG
and hit "submit"
> and you're done!
>
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
>
> BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE DIDN'T REPORT YOUR's & AMEN's
BLOG SJ ?????????
>
> Yes, good question, because there IS another
possibility. Our
> beautiful new Found in Pockets blog might have
inadvertently (and
> INCORRECTLY) been called a SPAM BLOG as the result of
Blogger's
> automated SPAM BLOG BUSTERS. You see Blogger has these
very clever
> (but not infallible) "automated spam classifying
algorithms". When you
> make a comment on your favourite blog and are asked to
type that set
> of really hard to read letters into the word
verification field
> Blogger's "automated spam classifying
algorithms" are sitting behind
> the page with their spy glasses on ready to slam dunk
your comment if
> you don't type the letters in correctly (or if they are
feeling laid
> back that day they'll give you another free shot).
These clever
> algorithm dudes are also hard at work when it comes to
SPAM BLOGs and
> Blogger has teams of them running around day and night
checking out
> all the blogs and freezing (with their special freeze
guns) the ones
> that they think are breaking the rules (some of them
can't see too
> good though).
>
> YOU MEAN YOUR BLOG HAS BEEN FREEZE GUNNED!!!!!!!
> (shock horror!!)
.............................WHAT
> ARE YOU GOING TO DO???????!!!!!!!!!
> (I hear you ask) (I'm hearing things a lot today!)
>
------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------
> If your blog gets reported or freeze gunned by the
Blogger algorithm
> dudes you will get an email like this:
>
> Dear Blogger user,
>
> This is a message from the Blogger team.
>
> Your blog, athttp://foundinpoc
kets.blogspot.com/, has been
> identified as a potential spam blog. For an
explanation of what spam
> blogs are, please see Blogger Help:ht
tp://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=42577
>
> You will not be able to publish posts to your blog
until we review
> your site and confirm that it is not a spam blog. To
request a
> review, please fill out the form found here:http://www.blogger.com/unlock-blog.g?blogID=91887
13671835804225
>
> We will take a look at your blog and unlock it
within four
> business days. Please note that if we do not hear from
you within 20
> days, we will remove your blog. If this blog does not
belong to you,
> then you do not have to do anything. Any other blogs
you may have
> will not be affected.
>
> Since you are an actual person reading this, your
blog is probably
> not spam. We find spam by using an automated
classifier. Automatic
> spam detection is inherently fuzzy, and occasionally a
blog is flagged
> incorrectly. We sincerely apologize for this erroneous
result. By
> using this kind of system, however, we can dedicate
more storage,
> bandwidth, and engineering resources to users like you
instead of to
> spammers.
>
> Thank you for your understanding and for your help
in our spam-
> fighting efforts.
>
> Sincerely, The Blogger Team
>
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
-----
>
> See where the nice Blogger Team person wrote: "To
request a review,
> please fill out the form found here:http://www.blogger.com/unlock-blog.g?blogID
=9188713671835804225"
> ? Well, that's what I WAS GOING TO DO - but - when I
clicked on the
> nice URL in that nice sentence - I got taken to a not
so nice error
> page, that went like this:
>
> We're sorry, but we were unable to complete your
request.
> When reporting this error to Blogger Support or on the
Blogger Help
> Group, please:
> * Describe what you were doing when you got this
error.
> * Provide the following error code and additional
information.
>
> bX-738k6c
> Additional information
> blogID: 9188713671835804225
> host:www.blogger.com
> uri: /unlock-blog.g
>
> This information will help us to track down your
specific problem and
> fix it! We apologize for the inconvenience.
>
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
-------------
>
> **SIGH** **SIGH**..........................**SIGH**
>
> Have you ever noticed how hard it is to find the
address to write to
> Blogger Support? I couldn't find it when I looked today
(personally I
> reckon the algorithm dudes have hidden it for laughs).
I could have
> posted my error report in the Blogger Help Group forum
but instead I
> wrote to an online pal and *BlogStar - Chuck -
(owner/manager of the
> blog: The Real Blogger Status [http://
> bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com]), (who may very well
be an
> algorithm dude himself for all I know because he's
very, very, very
> smart when it comes to computery and bloggery stuff),
and asked him if
> he knew the secret (or hidden) address for Blogger
Support. Presently
> I'm awaiting a reply from Chuck. If Chuck doesn't have
the address for
> Blogger Support (or if there isn't one - besides those
daft multiple
> choice question form thingys) then I WILL report my
error message to
> the HELP! forum.
>
> Once the error with the link given to me by the nice
Blogger Team in
> the nice email is fixed then I will ask for my blog to
be reviewed.
>
> AND THEN >>>> ?
> ------------------------
>
> Once Amen's and SJ's very gentle, warm-hearted and
extremely non-
> commercial blog IS REVIEWED it will be defrosted and
Found in Pockets
> [http://foundinpock
ets.blogspot.com] will be all BUSINESS AS USUAL.
>
> Because, of course, Blogger will see that FOUND IN
POCKETS is
> OBVIOUSLY in NO WAY, shape, or form a SPAM BLOG. Never
has been, never
> will be - sheesh we don't even carry Adsense ads!! In
fact NONE of my
> (4) blogs carry Adsense ads or any other advertising
for that matter.
> (That is unless you count the FREE promotions that I do
for artists
> and arts bloggers).
>
> I'll say it again: FOUND IN POCKETS IS NOT A SPAM
BLOG!!! ...
>
> read more »
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the
Google Groups "blogger general discussion" group.
To post to this group, send email to
blogger-general-discussiongooglegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
blogger-general-discussion-unsubscribegooglegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-general-di
scussion?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
|