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Reporting Blogs In Error
Sometimes, you will come across a blog that is not a blog. In these cases, you should report the error. As a reminder, these are the reasons you should report an error:
In BlogShares, there are many blogs that are not considered to be blogs, such as the following:
Non-Blogs
Non Blogs are web pages that do not conform to our definition of what a blog is. Often, they are a result of what was a blog no longer being one.
- Regular webpages.
- Blogs without dated posts.
- Blogs without archives.
Dead/Inaccessible Blogs
- A Blog not posted to in the last six months.
- A 404 (Not Found) error page.
- The blogger indicates that the blog is no longer being maintained or updated.
- Also known as the "Goodbye Cruel World" post.
Inaccessible Blogs
Inaccessible blogs are blogs that are either unreadable by a portion of the public, or unreadable by the site spiders.
- A Blog you must login to read.
- A Blog that requires a password to read.
- A Blog that requires you to verify your age, sex, location, etc else to read.
- A Blog that requires additional navigation (i.e. 'Click here for blog' links)
- A Blog that requires a specific browser to read.
Spam Blogs
Spam blogs are artificially created weblog sites which the author uses to promote affiliated websites or to increase the search engine rankings. The purpose of a spam blog 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 from other websites. These blogs usually contain a high number of links to sites associated with the spam blog creator which are often disreputable or otherwise useless websites.
Note: Link farms, which contain no content posts, are considered spam. Blogs which link to many, many others do not fall into this category if they contain real content.
- Aggregators
- Standard Spam
- Commercial Spam
Forums
Forums are websites where users sign up to discuss various topics. Topics may be started by anyone, commented on by anyone, and taken completely off-topic by anyone.
Malware / Spyware
Spyware or Malware blogs are any blogs (or websites) that attempt to install any program on your computer without your consent. These should be considered dangerous, and removed from the index.
Title Change
The title is incorrect for the blog.
Report the Error
On the blog listing page, you will see something like this:
Click the "Report an Error with this listing" link (the last table field), and fill out the form.