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Google getting busted for drugs
May 23, 2011
The search giant has been warned repeatedly by state and federal authorities about running ads for illicit pharmacies. Google makes a ton of money...
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Demand Media attacked by Panda?
Apr 18, 2011
Panda is the code name for Google's recent big algorithm change aimed at wiping search spam off its search results. The idea is that when you...
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Spam around the world takes a nosedive as Rustock is brought down
Mar 17, 2011
Just so we're straight on terms: a botnet is a network of infected computers remotely controlled by an operator to do things their owners don't...
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You can block search spam on Google
Mar 11, 2011
New feature on the search engine lets you block sites you don't want to see so they'll never come up again in your searches. You'll need a Google ...
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Google changes algorithm
Feb 25, 2011
We did a show on this a couple of weeks ago: /...
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Wallpaper your house with spam
Feb 23, 2011
For some reason, a new company is offering wallpaper patterns that feature frequently used lines from spam emails. Nigerian princes, prescription...
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Mechanical Turk is 40.92% spam generators
Dec 20, 2010
This according to researchers at NYU. They investigated all new HIT requesters on Amazon's Mechanical Turk site for September and October ...
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One fifth of the world's spam has been stopped. And you may have been helping send it.
Oct 28, 2010
Twenty percent of the world's spam email has vanished. Why? Because Russian cops raided the apartment of a guy named Igor Gusev. One guy! And you know who was helping him send those spams? You were.
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A real time tour of the world's spam producers
Aug 2, 2010
Postini, a company acquired by Google, used the Goog's mapping service to create this sprawling interactive map of who's producing the spam around...
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