Comments on: WordPressDirect: Blogging Tool or Spam Engine?

By: free352

free352 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:17:50 +0000

Nice post I just get this domain name (http://citypges.com/) with page rank 5, check this site after one month and you will see what pr it’s gonna be.

By: Sport Bike Cam

Sport Bike Cam — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:03:12 +0000

Don’t know what to think of it. I am not using this myself though! I rather create real posts

By: neil

neil — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:10:52 +0000

I’m not a professional blogger nor a good one but I do maintain 2 blogs…I’ve noticed that blogs that tops the chart under “Personal” are echoing news..I don’t know if it defeats the purpose of blogging…and if there’s an automated way to do that..as in the service offered by WP Direct..tsk tsk tsk..

By: Ben Holmes

Ben Holmes — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:19:42 +0000

I’m not particularly worried about the proliferation of automated blogs – people will gravitate toward real blogs that offer unique content – so while some will have temporary success with splogs – others will continue to slowly plod along, developing unique and good content – and the race will once again be won by the turtle…

By: Compare Themes

Compare Themes — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:32:53 +0000

We had a recent heated discussion on the Digital Point Forums where they used the same techniques to try to disguise what they really sell. I posted a link to this post and another post from BloggingTips.com

On the trademark issue, I have sent a couple of emails to some top people at WP and they have agreed to look into it. Most likely they will have to surrender the domain name when they lose UDRP ruling.

By: Shanti K

Shanti K — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:57:01 +0000

Marty Rozmanith, I disagree with your decision to bow down to this people with no life except blogging and especially the ‘why’. Who the hell
cares about some ass clown(s) in mashup? I see much more in this then is
claimed. How does one forum effect someone’s business model? Either gross
insecurity or something else entirely. Was the “model” not panning out?
Having someone overly “Spam” content is not really a concern except for
their own poor results..no? Good grief. Also it would not be hard to
‘throttle” the ability (number) to do so.

So as much as I like the service I think it has more to do with
revenue/sustainability/profit then anything to do with some ridiculous
Mashup thread. Gads…too be honest I find it hard to believe that this is
being ‘used’ as it is. Sad. That said most if not all of what you provide on
the site is available for free elsewhere with a bit of a different
format/execution.

I do not, honestly, believe any of this mashup (who the hell and how are
their users so important?) business as being the real reason for all this.
If I am right…then it truly makes an impact on my views going forward.

I will add one more thing. The videos for the 30 day challenge..although I
am sure are filled with useful knowledge..are almost unbearable in their
ramblings and length. Instead of utilizing the time into 15 minutes of
information they drag on and on with mind numbing commentary..not useful and
a waste of time which last 45 or more minutes to glean 15 minutes of
information if in fact you do not lose interest. I would revamp those first
rather then claim all this about the reason for taking away free account
usefulness is this Mashup thread…my two cents for what it’s worth. But I
will say I am not the only one who is thinking or looking at this as a
ruse/red herring.

You had a good idea…keep to it and stop this ‘ruse’ is my suggestion. All
I se being accomplished is a sense of distrust and disbelief (literally)
from these decisions

By: Shanti K

Shanti K — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:53:33 +0000

You had a good idea…keep to it and stop this ‘ruse’ is my suggestion. All
I ses being accomplished is a sense of distrust and disbelief (literally)
from these decisions.

And as for Jonathan Bailey? Please Jonathan…certainly your “blog” serves a better purpose then this? Duplicate content is not plagerism per se…and anyone so using it is also penalized by the SERPS. So find a real monster to slay. I hardly see the rational in your arguments other then a smugness that somehow you fought spam which never existed. Give yourself a nice lolipop. I am certain your ‘delete’ button will apply to this post…as any real “news’ worthy site would allow…so will see the extent of your values of others commentary.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:15:05 +0000

On the trademark issue I agree strongly. They need to get away from that as Automattic is notoriously and reasonably protective of their mark. They are treading in dangerous water using the name and for such an overtly non-WP promoting fashion.

One of the problems I had during my testing was that the content was not excerpted that I could see. I tested several input methods and it always seemed to republish the full content from wherever it pulled. Though that is understandable with Ezine articles, it is more worrisome when Yahoo! answers is being pulled in.

As far as a mention on the WP podcast, no idea, I’m going to propose it but I can’t make any promises.

Nice to hear from you again!

By: Jeffro2pt0

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:49:17 +0000

Great write up Jonathon. I think for starters, they really need to rethink using WordPress in the domain name ala Trademark issues. Also, I think the marketing behind the product as well as the design and layout of the sites front page sure does look and sound like a marketing gimmick. I agree with you in that, the service is marketed to make it look like an average Joe can create an account and then set the blog up to publish other content automatically. While not exactly ripping off content because the automation actually publishes an excerpt, I still think it is a lazy mans way of operating a blog.

Will you be mentioning the site or service on the next episode of the WordPress Podcast?