Tom’s Graphic Design Journal

Google Base is a wonderful new tool. It allows people to post useful information including reviews, classified ads, events, jobs, company profiles, personals, and more. This puts out a very powerful tool that directly competes with the infamous Craigslist. I personally think that Google Base is better than Craigslist. The organization and searching capabilities are top notch.

However, that and many other good things about Google Base are clouded now by the major problem I'm finding with it. Spam...Many people interested in search engine optimization will post links just about anywhere. Heck, they even have automated programs to do so! It's terrible and there's an alarming rate of junk posts all over the internet on various blogs, forums, and other sites. Link farms are another terrible thing that plagues the internet with pollution.

Is Google Base opening the doors for spammers? Will it become the largest link farm on the internet? I don't know about becoming the largest link farm; however, I certainly would argue that it did just a fine job of opening the doors for SEO spammers and "black hat" practitioners. I don't have to really say anything other than show this image to make my point here.

Despite the "report item" link, I think that many people will continue to get away with this kind of spam. I truly hope something improves and Google manages to find a way to at least remove the dupes because Google Base sounds like a very wonderful thing.

   

Google Base is a wonderful new tool. It allows people to post useful information including reviews, classified ads, events, jobs, company profiles, personals, and more. This puts out a very powerful tool that directly competes with the infamous Craigslist. I personally think that Google Base is better than Craigslist. The organization and searching capabilities are top notch.

However, that and many other good things about Google Base are clouded now by the major problem I'm finding with it. Spam...Many people interested in search engine optimization will post links just about anywhere. Heck, they even have automated programs to do so! It's terrible and there's an alarming rate of junk posts all over the internet on various blogs, forums, and other sites. Link farms are another terrible thing that plagues the internet with pollution.

Is Google Base opening the doors for spammers? Will it become the largest link farm on the internet? I don't know about becoming the largest link farm; however, I certainly would argue that it did just a fine job of opening the doors for SEO spammers and "black hat" practitioners. I don't have to really say anything other than show this image to make my point here.

Despite the "report item" link, I think that many people will continue to get away with this kind of spam. I truly hope something improves and Google manages to find a way to at least remove the dupes because Google Base sounds like a very wonderful thing.