Nofollow 2: Screwed from both ends

Sat, 22 Jan 2005

I think Phil Ringnalda is right about nofollow: It only actually stops you from getting spammed when the ocean starts boiling, after we've forced every single person with weblog comments to implement it, and driven the unbelievers off the web. Until then, the spammers and the search engines are going to keep working you from both [...]

Tweezers and a pile of sand

Sat, 22 Jan 2005

Like Gloria Craney, I find myself obsessed by referrer spam. For the past few days I've often kept half an eye on my access logs, trying to make sure all requests get 301'd. I tweaked my .htaccess rules. I renamed mt-comments.cgi and mt-tb.cgi. I waged a defensive war. Along with renaming mt-comments.cgi, I also added [...]

Extremes and stereotypes

Sat, 22 Jan 2005

I can be a twit sometimes: I would like to add that I find it very hypocritical when right-wing, conservative Christians pray for peace and mercy. Look at me complain about hypocrisy as I sling the same kind of wild, baseless stereotypes that I so despise when imposed upon my own side of the political spectrum. It's extremely [...]