Google’s Digg Like Search Wiki is Just a Spam Magnet
Posted on | November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
A few days ago, I was surfing Digg for something fun to read. I noticed an entry that said Diggoogle or something like that and it caught my attention. Seems like Google finally included Digg like voting on the search engine. You can use this function by using the search engine when you are logged in your Google account. If this new application will eventually become a ranking factor in the main index is something that nobody knows for sure. In my opinion, Google should not use this as a ranking factor. I mean, anyone can pay or even tell friends that have a Google account to up vote their site and down vote everyone else’s for the search term or, make some bogus Gmail accounts for this task. It is too early to tell what is the future of this new Google Wiki thing. But I can certify that Wikis for search therms such as mortgage, loans and anything that has to do with credit will be fun to watch not named, mesothelioma. Here is a look at the Wiki for the term: make money online. Just check the comments for this search term. The only spectacular thing that I noticed was that comment spam already hit the system. Just a small glimpse of the Search Wiki and you will know what I am writing about.
I gave an up vote to Josh Spaulding’s blog Ez Online Money as you can see in the snapshot. Josh gives excellent advice in his blog and his free reports are must read material. Just my personal opinion. But hey, isn’t it what this Wiki thing is supposed to be about? There are a lot of blogs out there that deserve to be there in that Wiki for this search term and I guarantee I am not referring to mine. It is up to you guys to decide who is in or out.
Have you used the Wiki? What is your opinion?
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November 25th, 2008 @ 11:23 pm
never tried it , but looks promising
December 5th, 2008 @ 8:41 am
I wonder whether it’s a good idea for Google to go for a digg like stuff. Yahoo tried it via buzz a few months ago but that has not challenged digg.
They should focus on what they are good at… viz. Search engines and search engine marketing!