June 24, 2005
Thanks!
Michele and I were named as "Honorable Mentions" in the Always On/Technorati Open Media 100 list. Thanks to them, and thanks to our readers.
Posted by Alan at June 24, 2005 06:35 AM
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That great, folks, but you really need to do something, ASAP, about the MASSIVE amount of Trackback spam TCP is currently hosting. By serving as a firm lodging point for it, you do 3 things:
1 You're significantly raising the Google rankings of those spammers.
2 You thereby encourage the practice and enrich the spammers. That's a hazard for us all.
3 You're creating a policy on sites like mine where linking to you = supporting spam. So we don't.
An anti-spam policy that mirrors France's approach to the War on Terror is not an edifying thing. Frankly, in your place I'd turn Trackbacks off completely, and remove them from the site. They add little gives TCP's focus and format. But if you're going to keep them, you've GOT to deal with them. Aggressively.
Posted by: Joe Katzman at July 5, 2005 12:25 PM