Darren Rowse of Problogger fame suggested a that new bloggers should start their sites out with a partial feed and switch to a full one once they have enough “trust” from Google. But could the system work?

Though it seemed as if Google was starting to make some headway into the spam blog problem on its Blogger service, the spammers seem to have turned the tide by cracking the CAPTCHA system and creating more accounts than ever before.

As scraping via email has gained greater attention, the problem has brought the problem of spam blogs to the doorstep of mailing list administrators and group moderators. Learn how to protect your list.

With so many new search engines, directories and social news sites repurposing the full feed, often against the will of bloggers, perhaps it is time to have a central repository of this information. Leave a comment and have your voice heard on this matter.

Shyftr is not the first site to make use of your full feed or offer commenting as part of a user experience. Here are three other sites that you may want to take a look at.

The notion of fragmented conversations has drawn a lot of attention over the past few weeks. However, what are the real implications solutions to the problem?

Spammers are nothing if not clever and a new technique to scrape posts could cause headaches for bloggers as it thwarts many of the traditional means of shutting down the scrapers.

Have you ever had an abuse agent go out of his way to help you? What about a DMCA agent who ignored your letters? Here is your chance to tell the world.

Many complain that it is very difficult to get Google to take action on reported spam blogs. However, a simple trick may make it easier to get the search engine’s attention when reporting junk content.

In a new video by HyveUp, content tracking company Attributor talks about their vision for the Web and the role that copying may play in the search economy.