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As you know Planet [tag]Malaysia[/tag] [tag]Aggregates[/tag] page has been subjected to plagiarism site like http://planetmalaysia.inboogle.com and there is no action taken so far. (weird! We can’t access the link last night but it happen again this morning)

Whois inboogle.com?

This is so called [tag]SPLOGS[/tag].

What is Splog? SPAM + BLOG = SPLOG. “Splog” is short for Spam Blog. Spam blogs are blogs that don’t provide any real content for users. They exist solely to game the search engines. These splogs may exist just to have links to other websites or, they may have ads on the blog itself. The content on splogs are auto-generated, either from some other source or a list of useless keywords.

[tag]Spam[/tag] Blogs, sometimes referred to by the neologism splogs, are artificially created weblog sites which the author uses to promote affiliated websites or to increase the search engine rankings of associated sites. The purpose of a splog can be to increase the PageRank or backlink portfolio of affiliate websites, to artificially inflate paid ad impressions from visitors, and/or use the blog as a link outlet to get new sites indexed. Spam blogs are usually a type of scraper site, where content is often either Inauthentic Text or merely stolen (see blog scraping) from other websites. These blogs usually contain a high number of links to sites associated with the splog creator which are often disreputable or otherwise useless websites.

There is frequent confusion between the terms “splog” and “spam in blogs”. Splogs are blogs where the articles are fake, and are only created for search engine spamming. To spam in blogs, conversely, is to include random comments on the blogs of innocent bystanders, in which spammers take advantage of a site’s ability to allow visitors to post comments that may include links.

http://planetmalaysia.inboogle.com is using http://elliottback.com/ wordpress plug in. If you can see a post or article tagged with the line “Original post by YOU and software by Elliott Back“, this is definitely a spam blog or splogs.

Let’s us fight splogs!

- How to spot a splogs?

- Report Splog to SplogReporter.com

- Report Splog to SplogSpot.com

- Report Splogs using AdSense to Google.
If you see a site violating the [tag]AdSense[/tag] terms, you can now file an anonymous spam report that will get to the quality team for checking. To file a report, you simply go to the page that is showing AdSense ads and click on the “Ads by Google” (or “Ads by Google”) link. In the form on the next page, include the term “spamreport” and put in a short reason about why you feel the site is violating the AdSense terms or policies. You can also enter your own email address, if you wish, then click submit.

- Report splogs on Blogger.com
Blogger has a “Flag as Objectionable” button that can be used to report splogs.

- Report Fake Domains to the Whois Data Problem Report System
Any domain which has inaccurate or fake data can be reported to the InterNIC Whois Data Problem Report System. Sploggers often use fake information in their domain registration in order to be anonymous. Reporting violations will put them under investigation by their registrars and help expose them.

- Use DMCA To Fight Copyright Infringement

- How Do I Stop A Splogger?

- Install [tag]Wordpress[/tag] [tag]Plug In[/tag] Akismet

- Install Wordpress Plug In - simple trackback validation

Please do let us know if you have better solution.

We’re so sorry to our Planet Malaysia members and we’re working hard on it. Please feel free to contact us if you have any question.

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