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canadafred

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Dec 29, 2009, 9:00:38 PM12/29/09
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Hey

Anybody interested in trying to resurrect this Usenet group or is it
just so spammed out completely irreversibly that it isn't worth the
bother?

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Fred

John Bokma

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Dec 29, 2009, 9:12:52 PM12/29/09
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canadafred <canadi...@hotmail.com> writes:

Hi Fred,

I am in ;-).

I can ask Mark to come over as well, but other than that, no idea who
might be interested. I've set up a forum some time ago to prevent (well,
that was the idea) this fall-out, but it has on average 1 post a
fortnight - which AISE doesn't even have I am afraid.

Will repost your message on aforementioned forum, who knows.

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Jez

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Dec 30, 2009, 6:47:47 AM12/30/09
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Fred,

I always still read the group, such as it is.

I hardly see any spam. Individual.net does a good job of filtering it
all for me.

Jez.

Adrienne Boswell

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Dec 30, 2009, 9:53:53 AM12/30/09
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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed canadafred
<canadi...@hotmail.com> writing in news:95bca441-3a30-4faf-9f75-
afaadc...@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com:

I'm in. I'm using eternal september and I rarely see any spam.

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Peter

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Dec 30, 2009, 11:40:28 AM12/30/09
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In article <95bca441-3a30-4faf-9f75-
afaadc...@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>, canadi...@hotmail.com
says...
I have been lurking there for the past week (well that's about all you
can do, it seems) in order to understand more about the way they work.
So, I'm already in, so to speak. Not sure what I can contribute, but am
happy to add my tuppence worth when I think it needs it. :-)

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Allodoxaphobia

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Dec 30, 2009, 2:25:32 PM12/30/09
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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:47:47 +0000, Jez wrote:
>
> I always still read the group, such as it is.
> I hardly see any spam.
> Individual.net does a good job of filtering it all for me.

What he said...

Jonesy

Coffee's For Closers

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Dec 31, 2009, 4:38:55 PM12/31/09
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In article <95bca441-3a30-4faf-9f75-
afaadc...@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>,
canadi...@hotmail.com says...

> Anybody interested in trying to resurrect this Usenet group or is it
> just so spammed out completely irreversibly that it isn't worth the
> bother?


I actually re-subscribed a while ago, after a long time of not
reading it. The spam doesn't really look that bad. The s/n
ratio is just poor due to the lack of on-topic posts.


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Rich

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Dec 31, 2009, 8:32:44 PM12/31/09
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>
>> Anybody interested in trying to resurrect this Usenet group or is it
>> just so spammed out completely irreversibly that it isn't worth the
>> bother?
>
>
> I actually re-subscribed a while ago, after a long time of not
> reading it. The spam doesn't really look that bad. The s/n
> ratio is just poor due to the lack of on-topic posts.
>
>

The Spam here is a massive problem but I'll check out suggested usenet
hosts. I'm using Teranews with Outlook Express, and for every real post I
see hundreds of sports shoe spam.... (does ANYONE buy off spammers?)

Other than that I'm in.

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John Bokma

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Dec 31, 2009, 9:21:26 PM12/31/09
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"Rich" <REPLACE...@richdavies.com> writes:

> The Spam here is a massive problem but I'll check out suggested usenet
> hosts. I'm using Teranews with Outlook Express, and for every real post I
> see hundreds of sports shoe spam.... (does ANYONE buy off spammers?)

An other option is to use a client which supports scoring: give all
regulars a very high positive score, and spammers a very high negative
score. I've used Xnews for some time, and currently am using Gnus (Emacs).

T.J.

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Jan 2, 2010, 8:33:43 PM1/2/10
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"canadafred" <canadi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I still pop in every now and then, but as you can see
haven't for the past 3 or 4 days.

So what are the predictions for Seach engines and SEO
for 2010?

Even less rellevance on the organic results as more and
more features like maps, products, news, blogs etc.
are diosplayed in the SERPs?

John Bokma

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Jan 2, 2010, 8:54:29 PM1/2/10
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"T.J." <n...@home.invalid> writes:

> So what are the predictions for Seach engines and SEO
> for 2010?

2010, no idea. For 2012 I predict Google.Net (beta, of course).
Google will break away from the Internet and provide its own
"Google.Net". You access it with Chrome running on Chrome OS and it has
all the know Google goodies and more.

John Bokma

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Jan 2, 2010, 9:06:25 PM1/2/10
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John Bokma <jo...@castleamber.com> writes:

> "T.J." <n...@home.invalid> writes:
>
>> So what are the predictions for Seach engines and SEO
>> for 2010?
>
> 2010, no idea. For 2012 I predict Google.Net (beta, of course).
> Google will break away from the Internet and provide its own

Forget to mention: this happens after it has finished killing Internet/Usenet
by not taking action against spam.

T.J.

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Jan 3, 2010, 1:14:32 PM1/3/10
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"John Bokma" <jo...@castleamber.com> wrote in message
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> John Bokma <jo...@castleamber.com> writes:
>
>> "T.J." <n...@home.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> So what are the predictions for Seach engines and SEO
>>> for 2010?
>>
>> 2010, no idea. For 2012 I predict Google.Net (beta, of course).
>> Google will break away from the Internet and provide its own
>
> Forget to mention: this happens after it has finished killing
> Internet/Usenet
> by not taking action against spam.
>
>> "Google.Net". You access it with Chrome running on Chrome OS and it has
>> all the know Google goodies and more.
>

My predictions,

Google will scrap the I'm feeling Lucky button and replace
with a product search button.
(Or even introduce another search box on their homepage)

Results will eventually be split so products are shown seperatly
(maybe webmasters will have a choice of whether their sites
appear in product search or the normal search)

If neither of the above, product search will be advertised
more in attempt to get more people using it instead of
the normal search when searching for products.

Local business search will be overhauled to counteract
the spam listings (maybe become a paid service only)


small mouse

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Jan 21, 2010, 12:52:50 PM1/21/10
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On Jan 3, 6:14 pm, "T.J." <n...@home.invalid> wrote:
> "John Bokma" <j...@castleamber.com> wrote in message


Interesting

By the way I still look in here occasionally, but accessing it through
Google groups is like wading waist deep through a spam-treacle of
sh1t.

I will take advice and use something like Xnews. Anyway, nice to see
some of you are still here!

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