You Give Blogs... A Bad Name!

Have you ever been searching for blogs about something that you actually need, like travel deals and the only thing that comes up is a bunch of blogs that just have the keywords you typed in and nothing else of any value? If you have, then you know how annoying it is.

The blogosphere has been a great place for common people, like myself, to write about what they have a passion for in hopes that others will find the information or articles useful/entertaining. I write this blog for those very reasons.

I recently ran across an article that opened my eyes and made me start to question blogs. I can't remember where I saw the article but I do remember that it had mentioned that over 75% of the blogs out there are SPAM. 50+ million blogs, and over 30 million of them are SPAM? IMO, that is completely absurd! It also gives blogs a bad name and a lot less credibility. The reasons people do this is quite simple, SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Many companies either have employees that do this, or pay people to set up these SPAM blogs. In my eyes, it's a totally dirty way of getting your name out there.

Here are a few hints you can hopefully use to figure out if you have found a SPAM blog or not.

1) Look at the name of the blog. If what you're searching for has NOTHING to do with the title of the blog. The chances are that it is SPAM.
2) Look at the name on the blog post, If it's something really out there that has no real cohesion, it might be SPAM

(A little thought came across my mind. This list is starting to feel like "You might be a Redneck if..." segment)

3) If you go to a blog, and there are more sponsored links than there is content... It's SPAM
4) If the content on there has fragmented sentences followed by "..." between random phrases. It's definitely SPAM

The reality is, you just have to use your good judgment when looking around. Most of the time it's fairly simple to tell which blogs are SPAM and which ones are not.

The bottom line is that all these spammers are giving us legit bloggers a really bad name and reputation. In fact it's going to make blogging seem like a total joke, rather than a great way to share your thoughts and ideas with everyone. The more SPAM blogs continue to emerge, the sooner Blogging will become passe.

So if you're reading this, and you're one of those SPAM blog writers, please stop. Do us all a favor and go find something better to do with your time. All you are doing is creating a big headache. I really hope that eventually these blog sites will help put an end to endless amounts of SPAM that flood the blogging world.