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by Sheila Lennon
'Bottom-up' journalism from the pros

May 10, 2002 • Today's weblog

BLOGSPAM: Has Blogdex been hijacked? MIT's Blogdex offers a list of most-linked to stories, similar to the Daytop Top 40. Today, Blogdex links #18 ("BestAds.com") and #25 ("NetSter - Insurance Center") both point to an ad portal. The same six "weblogs" originate both links but, when clicked, they redirect to Netster ad sites. These "weblog" sites -- with domain names such as upinthisbitch.org, fyrelyzard.ydonert.com and emoshunz.net -- are all registered to the same owner, Popular Enterprises of Knoxville, Tenn., which also owns the NetSter.com domain.

There goes the neighborhood....
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