[UPDATE: Steven Cohen, one of good folks at PubSub working on good things that the rest of us can, do, and will *GREATLY* benefit from, has added a quick comment regarding 'splogs'. Below his, you will find my own comment of which I just updated, commending PubSub on their efforts in regards to the FeedMesh project in which Bob Wyman, founder of PubSub, championed. FeedMesh, for those unaware, is an effort to create a decentralized feed of updates to blog's as they become known by each service provider who is a part of this network; A network which includes TONS of great folks such as PubSub, syndic8, and even Google. Unfortunately, Technorati (as far as I know, anyway) has yet to join up. Maybe sometime in the future?
Let's hope. The FeedMesh is an important service to ensure that there is a constant freeflow of information such that these same service providers can provide value-add services on top while at the same time not 'locking down' that information, giving access to only a select few.
Thanks for your efforts PubSub (et. Al.)! :)
[Original Post]
On the 22nd of this month, I made a post regarding the fact that spam-blogs had found their way into the Technorati 'system'. Not sure how long ago this was fixed as I haven't done a direct search for blogs pointing to this blog for a couple of days. Allowing for the fact that I doubt I was the only one to point this out, or even suggesting that they didn't already know, spam-blogs are a BIG PHAT problem! Even if they have been working on a fix for the last six months, even six months is a short space of time to be able to both work out and implement a fix.
Of course, the spam-blog, comment-spam, and spam trash folks in general, are just that -- TRASH! Trash folks like this are always looking for a way to keep trashing our web with their useless smut. So no doubt Technorati, and PubSub, and syndic8, etc... are all in for the long haul in regards to keeping the trash out, and the good stuff in. Fortunately all of these org's are staffed with Top-Notch talent. If there's a problem in the system, they'll both find it and fix it, and, it seems anyway, there turn-around time in doing so, no matter what the actual scenario from discovery > to > fix may have been.... well thats just mind boggling. As a software developer who's been around the block a bit, I can tell you right now... this stuff *IS ROCKET SCIENCE*!
My hat goes off to ya, Technorati! Good stuff!
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Yes, Splogs are a huge problem for services like ours. We have started to weed out splogs as well, and it will be an upwhill battle, but one that will be worth it when we get to he top.
Steven Cohen PubSub Concepts scohen@pubsub.com
Hey Steven,
Thank for taking the time to comment! I’m a big supporter of what you folks are doing over at PubSub and take comfort in knowing that the right folks are on the job!
Cheers :)
[UPDATE: Adding to this a bit, what impresses me most about PubSub is your effort in regards to the development of the FeedMesh. This is one area that (last time I checked. If I’m wrong, please correct me) I would consider as a ding against Technorati and is something I hope they choose to be a part of in the future. The free-flow of information between service providers is EXTREMELY important! I was quite happy to see Google’s choice to join up with your efforts. Let’s hope Technorati, at some point, chooses to follow that lead.]