For those who don't know, you can start a Digg clone in about 30 mins using open source sofware called Pligg. Now I know they are not exact Digg clones, I call them that because there is not a better term for them and it's the quickest way for people to understand what they are. Signs and signifiers people. Because it's so easy to set up they are erupting like boils on a 13 … [Read more...] about Do we need 5 SEO Digg clones?

Linkbait seems to have cropped up in 2005, Nick Wilson has the earliest mention of the term I have found, although I have not looked that hard. The point of this post is not to detail the history of linkbait, nor how to do linkbait or even what is linkbait. There are far better people than me to go into that lot. Let's take it from another angle. You're at a dinner … [Read more...] about Why Linkbait is a waste of time

As you can see I have been messing with the Myblogwidget I have been having an interesting conversation with Rob over at Yackyack.co.uk about the whole Mybloglog widget thing, it's interesting stuff, check it out. Whilst you're add it add Rob as a contact and join his community, he's a cool dude. … [Read more...] about Messing around with the Mybloglog widget.

Looking through my website stats I noticed refreshthing.com showing a number of times. This is a service where you can open a web page repeatedly by setting the url and regularity of the refreash. Here is the evidence and what to look for. … [Read more...] about How to know if you are getting Mybloglog Spam

I took a screenshot of the Mybloglog widget I have on my blog. I have highlighted 5 people I think are worthy of mention. … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons I love Mybloglog.com

So are we seeing a new term in the making. Widget spam. Mybloglog.com is now on the front line of fighting spam. But it's a new kind of spam. Widget spam is where you continually load up a website so your avatar is displayed on the blog that is being targeted. the idea then being that people will click on your picture and fo to your mybloglog profile, then on to any blogs … [Read more...] about What the hell is going on with all this Widget Spam?