FW: Google takes on comment spam

Probably by script which means that the blog software has to be rewritten. This is really a lot of fun due to the total amount of blog software out there. Personally, I'd just run a standard spam filter against a post and 'flag' it as potential or actual spam based on content, links, etc. Simple to do. > While I applaud this, having had to deal with a penis enlargement > spammer, my question is, well, probably stunningly simple and > something I should know.... > > The "nofollow" will not be put there by the spammers presumably since > they want the link to be followed... so would it get there by a script > that the blog software applies to all comments? I guess? > > Dana > > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:44:57 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > <mdinowit@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > Originally posted by Kevin Graeme to the CF-Community list. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > If you're a blogger (or a blog reader), you're painfully familiar with > > people who try to raise their own websites' search engine rankings by > > submitting linked blog comments like "Visit my discount > > pharmaceuticals site." This is called comment spam, we don't like it > > either, and we've been testing a new tag that blocks it. From now on, > > when Google sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those > > links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search > > results. This isn't a negative vote for the site where the comment was > > posted; it's just a way to make sure that spammers get no benefit from > > abusing public areas like blog comments, trackbacks, and referrer > > lists. > > http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html > > > > -Kevin > > > > > >