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Nobody Wants Spam Anymore

It’s not a secret anymore, that all bloggers hate spam. We are forced to spend a lot of our time only by deleting spam comments and trackbacks. For me, at least, this is the very first thing I do in the morning, while drinking my coffee: I delete tons of spam from my blogs and from my email boxes.

If you were wondering if there’s any anti spam blog out there, you’ll be pleased to know that indeed, an anti spam blog has launched: its name is All Spammed Up. The new blog is not dealing only with spam comments on blogs, but also with business anti spam, and with email security or anti phishing issues.

All Spammed Up is supported by GFI software and it aims to draw an alarm signal regarding the spam which is more and more becoming a worldwide threat. The articles published treat lots of interesting topics, all spam-related. For example. I was amazed to find out that Google’s spam filter blocks anti-Obama blogs. I’m not so much involved in politics, but I imagine how offended the supporters of Hilary Clinton must have been when they saw their blogs shut down.

Other type of stories published on the blog are the news stories, like the one which informs the readers that the CAN-SPAM law has been updated. This law concerns email messages sending and it is very important, if you work for a direct marketing company, to know what are the changes, because you have to comply.

For all readers who what to know the latest things about spam, All Spammed Up offers a feed you can subscribe to and get the fresh news directly in your feed reader.

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Just Like Digg, But For Blogs

If you run a blog, chances are that you know by now what Digg is. This social networking website has become famous for the big number of visitors you can get to your website if your story gets as many votes as to be featured on the front page.

I’ve never had the chance to test the power of Digg, as the categories liked by most of the users there do not fit too much my topics and my way of writing. Besides, you have to make friends if you want to make it big on Digg. That’s a social networking place, and this really means networking, communicating with your peers and sharing interesting stories with them.

Nevertheless, I’ve discovered that there are many sites which allow bloggers to submit their stories and get voted by the community. Maybe they don’t bring in too much traffic, but there has to be a start in everything, and it is better to be among the first users of a social network, so you get some advantages when, or if, it gets big.

I have this proposal for you, my readers: once a week, I’ll review one of the less known such networks, where you can submit your stories and get some fame and votes.

For this week, check BlogLancer Social Networking site. It works just like Digg, but there are more categories, so even if your blog is about ants you’ll still find a place where it fits.