Comments on: Technorati Hates PayPerPost?

By: Technorati Ping bug fix/update

Technorati Ping bug fix/update — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:48:00 +0000

[...] to Supermom_in_NY and Stephen Fung, I was able to finally get my blog updated today on Technorati in 12 hrs or less. You may recall I [...]

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:01:12 +0000

wow. that is insane. a lot of directories and pinger things don’t like PPP either.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:17:13 +0000

John Chow caused John Chow’s “Huh?” If he did to me what he did to Technorati I’d ban him too. But he’s evil and that’s his thing.

I think commentor “Skeet” experienced a similar problem where the blog could not be claimed with PPP buttons. After removal, the blog could be claimed.

It would be interesting to see how many blogs with the “Huh?” problem are actually doing PPP. I decided to look through their support forum and the FIRST “Huh?” complaint contained two blogs that both have PayPerPost.

http://support.technorati.com/topic/234?replies=1

Both of his blogs got the “Huh?” message all of a sudden.

This is the next “Huh?” one on the list where the person cannot claim.

http://support.technorati.com/topic/216?replies=3

Both of these “Huh?” errors were the first two that I saw on the latest posts and both were PayPerPost. Interesting.

By: Fleur

Fleur — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:15:26 +0000

I also experienced “Huh? in Technorati but after emailing support, the problem was immediately sorted out. There are other blogs that encountered the same error and you will know it if you visit the Technorati’s forum. Even John Chow’s blog encountered the same problem. There was no explanation given as to why my blog had that error. There was a time when I tried to add PPP button to my every post, maybe that did it. Just maybe.

By: Opinions Divided On Paid Blog Posts - Hate The Grind

Opinions Divided On Paid Blog Posts - Hate The Grind — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:52:57 +0000

[...] that their accounts have been flagged because they were associated with PayPerPost. Whether or not Technorati hates PayPerPost is all speculation, but if you are going to use PayPerPost, try not to flood your blog with the [...]

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:02:25 +0000

If anything changes, keep us posted!

By: skeet

skeet — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:05:09 +0000

Update: I re-installed my Review My Post icons an hour ago, about three pm Wednesday afternoon, Hawaii time. Right now I still have a claimed blog with stats showing. Whether it will hold over time remains to be seen, but right at this moment it looks like Technorti was not picking on me because of the PPP script.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:36:02 +0000

For real? The plot thickens! Looks like Technorati might really have something against PPP.

By: Mephala

Mephala — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:23:32 +0000

I must confess I sometimes worry if I write too many paid posts. No complaints so far… from my cats and my friends… lol

Yes, I think PPP gets flak because they are the most visible and popular. There are many blogs I do see that do back-to-back PPP posts which are against the rules. It’s sad they give us all a bad name.

That said, PPP and other blog marketing programs have helped pay the bills so I am grateful. As long as we keep blogging honourably, I think we’ll still have visitors.

By: skeet

skeet — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:51:08 +0000

Half an hour after removing the PPP review button from all of my posts, I was able to claim. The only thing that is different is that the review button is gone.