It's About Time
Just a thought from 19 January 2005 about
Comment Spam, Geek, Google, Internet.
Google Blog: Preventing comment spam
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.
Can I have a little told-ya-so moment? I called for Google to own up to the problem they created for bloggers in november of 2003, exactly 14 months ago. It's about time.
Wha?
This section is called Just a Thought. It's a blog where I post little pieces of what I'm thinking about at the moment. This page is an individual entry called “It's About Time” that I wrote on 19 January 2005.
Before this, I wrote a little something called “JPG Magazine is GO!” on 13 January 2005. After this, I wrote “Searching vs. Browsing” on 19 January 2005.
BEFORE
JPG Magazine is GO!
The first issue of JPG Magazine is out!...
13 January 2005
AFTER
Searching vs. Browsing
Or: Why you're gonna be hearing the word "tag" a lot Think about these two words for a moment: "Search"...
19 January 2005
Working the web since 1995, Derek Powazek is the creator of many award-winning websites, a couple of which still exist. Derek is the cofounder of JPG Magazine and the CCO of 8020 Publishing. Derek lives in San Francisco with his wife, two nutty Chihuahuas, a grumpy cat, and a house full of plants named Fred. More »
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