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Splogs Hitting Social Networks Hard

Splogs (or spam blogs) are being created by the millions everyday. There are so many spam blogs being created that some social network sites like tBlog view splogs as their number one enemy.

Spam blogs are a big headache for Taylor Bayouth.

He wants the Web site he founded, tBlog.com, a combination social network and blog publishing platform, to parse the words of its more than 200,000 members to update their profiles every time they post. Bayouth believes the “thought matching” system would be unique. But one of the biggest roadblocks he faces - besides competing against much bigger competitors, like MySpace.com - is the amount of spam blogs that hit his site.

“Spam is our No. 1 enemy,” he says. “This is what we battle with on a daily basis. Spam could literally just kill this thing.”

[Continue reading As Blogs Grow, So Does Spam ]

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