Cuban and Searls on the growing problem of Splogs
Doc Searls pointed to Mark Cuban's post about splogs (spam + blogs --> spamblogs --> splogs). Mark defines a splog as any blog with a creator who doesn't add any written value. I think that may be a little too harsh -- some blogs add value just by linking to sites of interest, acting as a sort of information filter in a way that search engines can't. Those kinds of blogs aren't necessarily splogs.
But there's no doubt that splogs, and blam (blog spam -- the term 'blam' coined by Ryan of CommunistDanceParty fame) are a problem. And one that's likely to get worse if measures aren't taken to stop them.
There are tons of websites, blogs, forum posts, etc. devoted to giving advice about how to make 'easy money' with a splog or three (or 300) and an Adsense account. It's ridiculous, and it needs to stop. Blogspot is bad, but it's not the only site that needs to clean out the splogs.
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