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Is this a spam blog? Not in my opinion. For me, the defining characteristic of a spam blog is copied content surrounded by adverts. This design stays true to d
by DougBTX 17y ago
Is this a spam blog?
Not in my opinion. For me, the defining characteristic of a spam blog is copied content surrounded by adverts. This design stays true to daringfireball.net, to the point that it still has ads from the Deck with DB referral links. So no, not a spam blog.
- baxter 17y agoI tried to verify that the adverts used the same code, but I couldn't. Looking again I see that they do still use "DF" as the referral code, so I guess they aren't making any money from this. I take back my "spam blog" accusation! :)
- qeorge 17y agoI disagree. Its a parasitic site with no original content that causes confusion with the original. That's spam. Even if there are no ads, there are secondary benefits to MacHeist. In addition to the free press, they'll get a nice link source.
- isleyaardvark 17y agoBut what about search engine results? I don't see any robots.txt or no-follow. This could only be a negative for Gruber.
- dasil003 17y agoYour mental model has been rapidly deteriorating probably even before you formed it. Spam is intent, not form.