Blogger and Blogspot Do Not Exist for me Anymore

Blogspam -- fake blogs -- at Blogger and Blogspot has grown so rampant that one is reminded of kudzu.

From now on, Desirable Roasted Coffee will not link to blogs on free platforms.

Update: My ire was stoked when, after doing a Technorati search on a serious topic, I was directed to 3 blogs, all on Blogger, and all spam. As Lee and Stephen point out, refusing to link to Blogger blogs might be an overly-draconian measure. My point, of course, is that Blogger is becoming to blogs what Hotmail became years ago to email: the refuge of spammers.

Naturally, I am not going to delink the friends and colleagues who have Blogger blogs, but I am going to counsel them to move out of the slums. And, of course, I will link to Blogger blogs when there's reason to do so. But I will be seeing far fewer Blogger blogs, as I see no reason not to ignore them in search results

Posted by Allan Jenkins on June 4, 2005 at 12:09 AM in Blogging, Blogging for Benjamins, In Defense of Elitism | Permalink

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Comments

Does that mean me, then?

I guess it does -- sniff...

Lee :-(

Posted by: Lee | Jun 4, 2005 2:14:21 AM

And I am very flattered to notice that I'm in your 'fourth cup of coffee' list... does that mean you're going to remove me?

[double sniff of sadness]

Posted by: Lee | Jun 4, 2005 2:16:32 AM

Allan:

My platform is free -- b2evolution running on Apache and Linux.

I understand what you are saying; sort of like blocking mail from Hotmail and that ilk.

smp

Posted by: Stephen Pierzchala | Jun 4, 2005 3:12:25 AM

Lee, no, I am not going to remove you. Though Blogger is becoming such a disreputable address, that you might want to consider a move.

By the way, it's soon going to be a much shorter blogroll.

Stephen, your point illustrates my error nicely. I don't actually mean all free platforms.... just those who facilitate junk.

Posted by: Allan Jenkins | Jun 4, 2005 9:03:36 AM

Thanks for the email.

I've posted my thoughts on this: http://bettercomms.blogspot.com/2005/06/is-blogspot-bad-neighbourhood-to-be.html

Cheers,
Lee

Posted by: Lee | Jun 4, 2005 12:25:56 PM

I hate doing searches and finding spam blogs so infuriating, but why ban blogger, a lot of my favourites are on free platforms. Instead, I don't link to anon. blogs.

Posted by: Trevor Cook | Jun 5, 2005 1:59:55 AM

Allan, I love my Blogger account and won't be leaving it - mainly because I like the platform, and I have been there for 2 years as of July 2.

I hope that you will continue to read what I write, and if you want, you link. If you don't, that's good.

Now, you going to be at the IABC Conference??

Posted by: Jeremy Pepper | Jun 9, 2005 6:19:21 AM

No, Jeremy, I sure won't be deleting you. I overstated the case, but as I have amended it, I would be reluctant to search through Blogger blogs looking for new reading material.

If one came recommended from my "influencers", or I somehow stumbled onto it, great. Linked.

But one could spend all day trolling through link farms.

Posted by: Allan Jenkins | Jun 11, 2005 11:32:50 PM

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