My Blog now requires word verification...

Im not sure how Google characterize a blog, but my blog was detected as spam blog...(??)

Blogger's spam-prevention robots have detected that your blog has characteristics of a spam blog.

Just in case you're wondering what is spam blog, head over to Blogger Help: About Spam Blogs. It's kind of weird. All the post were written by me(unless cited or quoted), is that considered as spam too?

I've submitted a word verification to request for human verification from Blogger to verify wether or not my blog is spam blog. Interested as most of us do, i went and read more about it. Here are some interesting info that i think you may be interested...

Google implemented some techniques to overcome spam blog which are:

• Automated spam classifying algorithms keep spam blogs out of NextBlog and out of our "Recently Published" list on the dashboard.
• The same classifiers are used to require an extra word verification field on the posting form for potential spam blogs. This makes it harder for spammers to set up automated systems to do their posting, since a human needs to complete this step.
• The Flag as Objectionable button in the Navbar lets you notify us of problem blogs that you find, so we can review them and take appropriate action.

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