What’s a splog? Lorelle has a better definition than I could hope to write. In a nutshell, it’s just another pixelated version of junk mail, in that you find it clogging up your news feeds and your internet searches. With splog rage on the rise in the blogosphere, one tool has been catching some attention: The Splog Reporter. The front page claims: This site was created for “good willed” bloggers to report splog in an effort to help to clean up the blogosphere of splog.
There is one thing that bothers me about this site. No background information. No (real) “About Us” page. No credits. No statistics. Just a list of other web sites and blogs that have mentioned Splog Reporter.
So, what actually happens to that splog I just reported? How easy is it to have one of these sites shut down? Or is the whole purpose of Splog Reporter to submit splogs to search engines for de-listing? I don’t know. I have no idea of what I’m participating in. Perhaps I should make a list of the splogs I report and check on them at a later date.
In the meantime, I’ve installed their bookmarlet and use it. And use it. And use it. There’s just some great sense of personal satisfaction in “nuking” a damn splog. Kinda like popping bubble wrap. It just feels good.
