AOL 被列入 MAPS (Mail Abuse Prevention Systems)：AOL lands on spam blacklist，起因是因為有幾個 spam site 透過 AOL 的 outbound SMTP server 送廣告信：(當然，這些 spam site 是 AOL 的客戶)
The action by MAPS appears to have been prompted in part by several spam runs somehow relayed through AOL’s mailservers on behalf of a pill site named simple-meds.com.
UPDATE: Looks like MAPS changed its mind. As of Tuesday afternoon ET (GMT -4:00), AOL’s listing at the MAPS site is gone, and a lookup shows AOL’s mail servers no longer seem to be on the MAPS RBL list. No word yet on whether AOL resolved the spam problems, or if MAPS just decided to give AOL more time.
As uncovered by search industry sleuth Gary Price, Google registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in March for the mark TrustRank, a term linked to mathematical algorithms for eradicating Web spam.
換句話說，Google 也認為 nofollow 只是一個替代性的方案，對付 Web Spam 還是要靠自動化的 algorithm 分析處理。
It just occurred to me that Papal is almost Paypal. That got me wondering about whether the pope uses PayPal. Would he accept donations via PayPal? Would paypal still take their cut of the cash?
