What Is Blogspam?
4.7BRAINROT SCOREblogspam Promotional material posted to a weblog, often on a blog created solely for that purpose, usually to push links, search rankings or ads. Blogs built this way are also called spam blogs or splogs.
Origin:Wiktionary defines blogspam as a blend of blog and spam. Wikipedia says the related word "splog" was popularised in mid-August 2005 when Mark Cuban used it publicly, and describes spam blogs as sites made to promote affiliated sites, raise their search ranking or sell links and ads, often with copied or inauthentic text.
First Seen:2005-08 (related term "splog" popularised)
Peak Era:2005-2010s
Aura Impact:-1 Aura (Spam)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""The search results were full of blogspam that copied a single press release.""
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