Friday, December 10, 2010

Clone Blog Spawn?

A number of look-alike blogs have sprung up throughout the Entrecard network. They're all similar. automatic. Mechanized. For what purpose?

Some of them are using machine-dropping when visiting other EC sites. They use a script on a Linux computer that does all the hopping and dropping automatically. The dropper doesn't have to watch the computer: he or she simply executes the script. It goes from blog to blog, reading the SOURCE code, finds the EC widget, auto-clicks on the "Drop" bar, and moves on! I monitored an IM conversation where a user

Who is behind them and why? What do YOU make of them? Here are the urls of just a few of their number: (you'll notoce the styles and layouts are eerily similar!)

[cut+paste in your browser window, please - this blogger was too lazy to code in the uRLs!]


http://www.resortquestmortgage.com/

http://www.wellshs.org/

http://edigitales.org/

http://www.colonialutah.com/

http://www.thedailydowner.com/

http://www.qzepc.com/

http://www.dreamcreature.com/

http://www.bestclickbankebook.com/

http://www.wyominggear.com/

http://www.geomatics2009.org/

http://www.idahoagbell.org/