Comments on: Is Lijit Creating Spam Blogs?

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By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:24:43 +0000

Sounds like a bug to me, albeit a very ugly one. I hope they get it fixed…

By: Michael F

Michael F — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:19:10 +0000

Their spider hit my blog 31830 times between the dates of December 9th and 10th. I've emailed their support to see why in the world their spider would do that. Seems sort of fishy to me.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:17:45 +0000

I agree with you completely about the core ethics of the network and of Lijit. I am merely cautious of unintended side effects. As you pointed out, aggregation is aggregation and, though you can provide unique content that the network can not on your site, which I think is a great thing, it is up to the search engines to decide which is the most valuable and they are notoriously unreliable.I'm not saying it is a bad idea and I think the network you are in is one of the ones that makes the most sense, fewer members, truncated feeds, etc. But there's a lot of ways this can go very bad. Not all networks will be the same here as they will all have different feed usage rules and different membership set ups. From what I see, your network is much better set up than the security one. I guess what I want to urge is caution. There's a lot of ways this can head south and Webmasters need to think hard before they leap…

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:07:00 +0000

Thank you for your feedback. I'm glad to know that Lijit is taking these issues seriously. I'm already in contact with Micah and will definitely reach out to you if I have any further questions.

By: Barney Moran

Barney Moran — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:04:04 +0000

Hi Jonathan,The Spam issue and Plagiarism is a critical component for Blog Publishers to both be aware of and consider, and your thoughts on Lijit are appreciated. Bloggers need to think before install of any recycling of content. There is also the simple viability issue concerning revenue based widgets like Lijit. The Bloggers Union currently advises Publishers currently using or considering embedding Lijit Search into their content: Lijit’s viability as an ongoing functioning entity is questionable, and to consider the impact a non functioning widget would have on any foundation incorporating it. It's only a 'win-win' when Publishers are treated as partners through transparency.P.U.B. basis this alert these facts:1. Public releases from Lijit and other news sources put Lijit’s total money raised beside live revenue at under $20 Million over the last 24 months.2. Lijit has refused to offer transparency its financial condition or revenue from advertising on Publisher’s Blogs.3. The current economic environment demands both transparency from revenue based providers like Lijit; and due diligence from the Bloggers Union on avoiding potential content disaster for Publishers.P.U.B. continues to take heat asking hard questions for our Publishers, including threats of legal action against the bloggers union by organizations like Lijit, because it’s simply the right thing to do in this economic environment for publishers. P.U.B. would rather pro actively protect Publishers now, then be answerable to publishers after companies like Lijit fail and leave that result for Publishers to contend with concerning their content.What to do:1) Have a back up.If you are a publisher either using Lijit Search or considering it, have a back up plan using a publicly traded search option on your blog or blog network. Publicly traded companies are obligated by law to have a degree of transparency concerning their financial position.2) Ask the same hard questions of Lijit and other revenue based blog vendors.Contact these companies seeking use of your content directly. Ask what their financial position is, and what their guidance moving forward for 2009 and 2010 and beyond is.P.U.B. will continue to post on these issues for our Publishers, thank you for your blog on Plagiarism for our community.