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"Webmasters Pounce On Wiki Sandboxes"
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AnthraX101
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 		"Webmasters Pounce On Wiki Sandboxes"
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"Wiki sandboxes are normally used to learn the syntax of wiki posts. But [url=http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/06/04/wikis_the_next_frontier_for_spammers.html]
webmasters may soon deluge these handy tools with links back to their site[/url], not to get clicks, but to increase Google page rank. One such webmaster recently demonstrated this successfully. Isn't it time for Google finally to put some work into refining their results to exclude tricks like this? I know all the bloggers and wiki maintainers would sure appreciate it."


Thanks to Slashdot. It may explain some of the recent issues we've been having with the AWARE Wiki.

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 		I caught that article too. I've since added the sandbox to my robots.txt file. Google scans deaddrop several times a week, so it shouldn't be long before that type of activity tapers off (i hope).
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