Here's another new word: splog, a blog that's actually spam.
Umbria Communications recently reported that of the 80,000 blogs created each day, about one in five is spam, created only for marketing purposes.
Speaking of spam, I'm getting it on my comments to this blog. But I've learned how to quickly hit my delete key.
Posted by cmatthews at January 3, 2006 02:48 PM
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Here is another new word, actually a phrase I stumbled upon, "jump the couch" The Internet writing Journal website describes it here:
http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/iwjblogaug05/
Posted by: Glenn Moore at January 3, 2006 07:37 PM
I note that you use Movable Type for this blog. It is what I use for PomboWatch. Since updating to the most recent level 3.2, I have not had any of the comment spam get through.
As for new words, the Internet jargon that comes to mind is "freep," derived from the name of the far-right conservative site, Free Republic, which uses fake postings to other blogs and discussion lists as a standard procedure to create a false impression of popular support.
Posted by: Wes Rolley at January 6, 2006 07:05 AM
Also, splogs or spam blogs are mirror images of actual legitimate blogs, thus creating confusion.
It is possible for this blog to be hosted in another site, containing similar content but maybe the title changed.
Thus, they can be both very annoying and harmful.
Posted by: Amadeo at February 14, 2006 12:55 PM
That's a shame. It's bound to happen, but the blogs with unique content and actual opinions will thrive. Also, if you are a big blogger with great OG content, then you should copyright yourself. I would be really mad if someone did this to me. I would do all in my power to shut the blog down, including bombarding them with comments like FAKERS.
I may be marketing myself in my blog, but I also try to make content interesting, unique and valuable, atleast from my prospective. I try to keep shamless self-promotion to a minumum because people don't want that.
Posted by: Brian Barringer at March 2, 2006 11:33 AM
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