Comments on: Here goes nothing http://blog.xcski.com/2007/03/11/here-goes-nothing Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:40:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Mark http://blog.xcski.com/2007/03/11/here-goes-nothing#comment-18536 Mark Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:15:11 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/03/11/here-goes-nothing#comment-18536 Wow, works great, good find. Now, if only there was an easy way to import WP entries into LJ to catch up on history. I discovered that going back and editing old entries only to immediately save them again does indeed cause them to echo at LJ, but that's not realistic for hundreds of posts. Wow, works great, good find.

Now, if only there was an easy way to import WP entries into LJ to catch up on history.

I discovered that going back and editing old entries only to immediately save them again does indeed cause them to echo at LJ, but that’s not realistic for hundreds of posts.

]]> By: Jen http://blog.xcski.com/2007/03/11/here-goes-nothing#comment-18530 Jen Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:21:54 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/03/11/here-goes-nothing#comment-18530 /me quietly mourns her chopped liver. If you're turning off comments on your LiveJournal blog, I'd recommend using OpenID for comments for LJ users. /me quietly mourns her chopped liver. If you’re turning off comments on your LiveJournal blog, I’d recommend using OpenID for comments for LJ users.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.xcski.com/2007/03/11/here-goes-nothing#comment-18528 Mark Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:05:59 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/03/11/here-goes-nothing#comment-18528 I get similar trackbacks quite frequently from sites that have done the same - copied all or most of one of my blog entries and surrounded it by others. The best I can guess is that this is a ploy to attract not only search engine rankings, but due to the trackbacks, increase "links-to" the site in question. I'm guessing after these rankings are in place the "blog" is swapped out for a splog. Links and trackbacks in place now point to the splog, and search engine rankings are perhaps high due to all the links to the site...and away they go. Every time it happens to me I spank the trackback manually in Spamkarma. BTW, What was that plugin for LJ? I must be missing it at Wordpress.org. I get similar trackbacks quite frequently from sites that have done the same - copied all or most of one of my blog entries and surrounded it by others.

The best I can guess is that this is a ploy to attract not only search engine rankings, but due to the trackbacks, increase “links-to” the site in question.

I’m guessing after these rankings are in place the “blog” is swapped out for a splog.

Links and trackbacks in place now point to the splog, and search engine rankings are perhaps high due to all the links to the site…and away they go.

Every time it happens to me I spank the trackback manually in Spamkarma.

BTW, What was that plugin for LJ? I must be missing it at Wordpress.org.

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