Top 10 ways to know you are a splog
1. Your tagline is “just another wordpress weblog”
2. You’re on Blogspot
3. Your About page says “This is an example page”
4. You’re using the default template
5. You’re using a theme with the word “AdSense” in its name
6. Your permalinks end in numbers, like “?p=847″
7. Your posts end with “[souce: Engadget ]” or “Read original article”
8. Your readers get Carpal Tunnel from trying to scroll past the ads
9. Your posts are authored by “x9872ldy7d0-3″
10. You’re using a domain that ends with .info
Feel free to add yours in the comments… 
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
Am I missing something? Using blogspot means you’re a splog? Maybe you’re exaggerating for the sake of humor but it still doesn’t really make sense to me — my sense was that the number of legitimate, enterprising people who are getting their feet wet with Blogger (like me) and default templates far outnumber the sploggers.
Maybe a little more context would help, otherwise this could almost be insulting to the people who are just starting out — your book does, after all, frequently cite Blogger as a great free service, especially for beginners.
If this is meant to be humorous it’s a little too inside for me to appreciate.
Speaking of provocative and possibly inapt lists, I just posted two of my own here and here.
@Jim - definitely humor. Sorry if it didn’t come across
I thought it was funny — guilty on several fronts. Forgot this one — you accidentally post your own article multiple times because you’re syndicating 100 different feeds on the same topic!
Leave a Comment