tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post1220205092010647091..comments2024-03-27T04:17:20.550-07:00Comments on The Real Blogger Status: How To Avoid Getting Your Blog Locked, As A Suspected Spam HostNitecruzrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-81468502393235436452012-02-04T19:48:20.359-08:002012-02-04T19:48:20.359-08:00D.B.,
Without actually examining your blogs, I ca...D.B.,<br /><br />Without actually examining your blogs, I can't say for sure that what you have described is actually causing problems - but it is certainly a textbook example of how you can do that.<br /><br />If you had identical content in both the original "Monkey" blog and one or more "spinoff" blogs, simultaneously visible online, that could indeed make your blogs look like members of a splog farm, or at least scraped content.<br /><br />Duplicated content is not recommended, in any case. Even if you don't end up with spam locked blogs, you will be severely penalised by the search engines. If you want to link the original and "spinoff" blogs, consider using blog feeds and feed gadgets.Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-5821140464366192372012-02-04T18:44:06.359-08:002012-02-04T18:44:06.359-08:00I have a "life" blog called "Anothe...I have a "life" blog called "Another Monkey" in which I have never, as far as I know, posted anything about monkeys. Instead I post about everything under the sun - gardening, astronomy, computer issues, things going on in my life, anything really. A few years ago I decided to "monetize" my blog by adding Google Ads. As you could guess, my wide variety of topics utterly confused the ad-selection algorithms, which frequently resulted in random and rarely-relevant ads.<br /><br />SO, I decided to deal with this issue by producing "spinoff" blogs focusing on various topics - gardening, astronomy, computer issues - reposting content from Another Monkey to produce more focused single-topic blogs that would, in theory, get more focused ads. Truth be told, I lost interest in most of these spinoff blogs after a few months (and continuing pitiful returns from Google Ads), but they're still on my roster. I wonder if any of them have been flagged as spammy - especially since, in effect, I have been "scraping" myself? (I did always include a link to the original posts on Another Monkey to try to drive traffic to my main blog.)D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.com