Separating Web Spam from Quality Content - What are the Metrics? :: Web Design Tools
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Posted by randfish
Let’s try a little exercise…
Common features of spam domains include:
Long domain names
.info, .cc, .us and other cheap, easy to grab TLDs
Short registration period (1 year, maybe 2)
High ratio of ad blocks to content
Javascript redirects from initial landing pages
Use of common, high-commercial value spam keywords like "mortgage," "poker," "texas […]