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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Blogspot is 75% Spam

Google better tighten up its system or the entire Blogger platform will tank from a lack of trust. According to a new Microsoft Research study, Blogspot - the free platform tied to Blogger - is among the top doorway domains for spam. Some 74% of Blogspot blogs are used as splogs. The full report is here (PDF) Microsoft is an Edelman client.

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