Comments on: Going PlugIM

By: Vlad Zablotskyy

Vlad Zablotskyy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:35:00 +0000

Pawel,

I have not used PlugIm in ages. I actually have forgotten I wrote about them.

By: Pawel

Pawel — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:38:56 +0000

Did anyone notice that Plugim has some problems lately. For the last 2 weeks you couldn't submit anything. When you try to submit a story they have some SQL error. Looks like nobody is working on it so they might be going down soon.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:52:47 +0000

Stephen,

I am not that familiar with PlugIM and how do they work around the spam.

I know that majority of Bloggers at BumpZee are marketing oriented and hate spam with passion- maybe that where the main difference is.

Once your blog is approved on BumpZee, your feed is grabbed automatically. But I think the spammy websites have low chances of being approved by BumpZee.

From time to time you will get a spam message on BumpZee via private/public messages, but Scott Jangro is on top of things there. Often by the time you check the spam message, it has bee la ready detected as such and deleted.

I guess every community/website that has that is “no-nofollow” needs to put more effort in fighting spam.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:52:47 +0000

Stephen,

I am not that familiar with PlugIM and how do they work around the spam.

I know that majority of Bloggers at BumpZee are marketing oriented and hate spam with passion- maybe that where the main difference is.

Once your blog is approved on BumpZee, your feed is grabbed automatically. But I think the spammy websites have low chances of being approved by BumpZee.

From time to time you will get a spam message on BumpZee via private/public messages, but Scott Jangro is on top of things there. Often by the time you check the spam message, it has bee la ready detected as such and deleted.

I guess every community/website that has that is "no-nofollow" needs to put more effort in fighting spam.

By: Stephen Cronin

Stephen Cronin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:39:58 +0000

Vlad, sorry I wasn’t talking about it affecting my website – I just meant that PlugIM will become a bigger target for spam. When I read the PlugIM feed, there are spam entries in the feed. With the Bumpzee feed there is no spam.

Maybe the PlugIM model with everything going live the instant it is posted is the problem. Sure spam posts can be deleted later, or buried, so they are no longer on the site, but feed readers have already grabbed the spam. I don’t know the solution, I’m just pointing out the problem.

By: Stephen Cronin

Stephen Cronin — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:39:58 +0000

Vlad, sorry I wasn't talking about it affecting my website – I just meant that PlugIM will become a bigger target for spam. When I read the PlugIM feed, there are spam entries in the feed. With the Bumpzee feed there is no spam.

Maybe the PlugIM model with everything going live the instant it is posted is the problem. Sure spam posts can be deleted later, or buried, so they are no longer on the site, but feed readers have already grabbed the spam. I don't know the solution, I'm just pointing out the problem.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:05:24 +0000

Stephen,
I do not see how the “nonofollow” will affect your website. The PlugIM points no-nofollow links to your website too.

I have to be honest that neither Sphinn not PlugIM never grew on me. I am contemplating going only with BumpZee. I have also noticed few issues with PlugIM plugin affecting my server’s resources. I think I will try to go with least possible plugins in the future.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:05:24 +0000

Stephen,
I do not see how the “nonofollow” will affect your website. The PlugIM points no-nofollow links to your website too.

I have to be honest that neither Sphinn not PlugIM never grew on me. I am contemplating going only with BumpZee. I have also noticed few issues with PlugIM plugin affecting my server's resources. I think I will try to go with least possible plugins in the future.

By: Stephen Cronin

Stephen Cronin — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:09:19 +0000

I’ve just signed up for PlugIM. Actually I’ve been subcribed to their feed for a month – I just didn’t signup or submit any of my stuff (not sure why). Your post was the clincher for me to actually sign up.

One thing I noticed with the feed: there’s a fair bit of spam in there (maybe 1 in 10). I guess these things have been deleted or buried on the site itself, but my feed reader picks them up before this happens.

Given that PlugIM is nonofollow and quite prominent, I’m a little worried about this getting worse.

By: Stephen Cronin

Stephen Cronin — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:09:19 +0000

I've just signed up for PlugIM. Actually I've been subcribed to their feed for a month - I just didn't signup or submit any of my stuff (not sure why). Your post was the clincher for me to actually sign up.

One thing I noticed with the feed: there's a fair bit of spam in there (maybe 1 in 10). I guess these things have been deleted or buried on the site itself, but my feed reader picks them up before this happens.

Given that PlugIM is nonofollow and quite prominent, I'm a little worried about this getting worse.