http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.09/splogs.html I searched and didn't see this already posted. I hope it's not a dupe. It's a pretty interesting read.
So close abraham.. Just one more. haha. j/k What I found most interesting was how hostile the author was. I don't grab text from other people, but some of my posts are definitely revenue 'inspired'. I feel that even my worst revenue inspired post is still better than most of the drivel you'd find on livejournal. haha.
I found the article this morning and found it to be very interesting reading. This whole splog issue could be the reason for Google's new patent. Really the only way to fight splogs is with human editing. Maybe Google plans on making some kind of system that allows people to report this type of spam.
saw it two week ago..article is ok...but as many SEO article wired had, information is kind of outdated..