Comments on: The Good Doctor Exposes Blog Hacking and Tailrank Spam http://www.centernetworks.com/wordpress-hacked-tailrank-spam Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.centernetworks.com/wordpress-hacked-tailrank-spam/comment-page-#comment-17266 Tamar Weinberg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-17266 Yes and no. This doesn't bode well for Tailrank because it's still aggregating tons of blogs that have "poor content" and the algorithm isn't filtering out text like "tramadol" and "viagra. The quality issue becomes another nail in the coffin for those guys. Yes and no. This doesn’t bode well for Tailrank because it’s still aggregating tons of blogs that have “poor content” and the algorithm isn’t filtering out text like “tramadol” and “viagra. The quality issue becomes another nail in the coffin for those guys.

]]> By: Tony Hung http://www.centernetworks.com/wordpress-hacked-tailrank-spam/comment-page-#comment-17309 Tony Hung Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-17309 Yeah -- the story isn't really about Tailrank "spam", so much that *through* Tailrank we can see that a TON of blogs have been hacked. I was looking for famous ones last night, but through the screen cap, you can clearly see that the ZDnet blogs were hit. In my opinion, that's some big news, actually (you should run with it) -- so good for you Allen. ;) t @ dji Yeah — the story isn’t really about Tailrank “spam”, so much that *through* Tailrank we can see that a TON of blogs have been hacked.

I was looking for famous ones last night, but through the screen cap, you can clearly see that the ZDnet blogs were hit.

In my opinion, that’s some big news, actually (you should run with it) — so good for you Allen. ;)

t @ dji

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.centernetworks.com/wordpress-hacked-tailrank-spam/comment-page-#comment-18217 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-18217 You can't filter spam much by keyword. It doesn't work anymore. Spammers are just too smart and sneaky. You can’t filter spam much by keyword. It doesn’t work anymore. Spammers are just too smart and sneaky.

]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.centernetworks.com/wordpress-hacked-tailrank-spam/comment-page-#comment-18232 Tamar Weinberg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-18232 This isn't anything new. I unsubscribed to Tailrank nearly (over?) a year ago because of the same kind of spam reports that you acknowledge today, Allen. It seems that they aren't prioritizing the service and offering quality results. Instead, it's a haven for spammers, and I know I'm not alone in unsubscribing for that very reason. This isn’t anything new. I unsubscribed to Tailrank nearly (over?) a year ago because of the same kind of spam reports that you acknowledge today, Allen. It seems that they aren’t prioritizing the service and offering quality results. Instead, it’s a haven for spammers, and I know I’m not alone in unsubscribing for that very reason.

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