Google: No, We Don’t Use Akismet To Catch Link Spam
There are some rumors going across the SEO channels that Google is using data from comment spam filter Akismet. Those rumors are untrue. A Google spokesperson told us “we don’t use Akismet to flag spam.” The SEOs were using the classic correlation is equal to causation. Where a…
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April 5, 2012 - 5:30 pm
It’s almost too bad that they’re not using Akismet as a signal (if the correlation argument is true)… It would help identify some shadier sites more easily.
April 5, 2012 - 6:03 pm
Barry, it appears that you made an egregious error in your reading of WilliamC’s post.
Please read his follow-up here: http://www.webproworld.com/webmaster-forum/threads/117356-So-Who-wants-the-Google-Scoop-of-the-year/page2
April 5, 2012 - 6:25 pm
Thanks for getting clarification on this! When I first read the forum post I thought to myself “that doesn’t seem very google like – using 3rd party data about “invisible” sources rather than their own crawl and own data.”