The search phrase that I think got me here was “bad inbound links” or something like that. I got to Lorelle’s blog on WP.com, and then hopped over here.)

Yes, splogs suck and some of them are made on WP systems, so I think I’m going to be letting the Google know about those guys…*evil laugh*

Thanks, Google does seem to pick up my blogs fairly quickly – they do love blogs don’t they. May I be nosy and ask what search term you used to get here?

I think you’re right – it doesn’t sound like yours is a Google spam issue – so a GWT Spam report wouldn’t help.

Other than asking the offending linkers to please knock it off, I don’t really know what can be done to prevent bad in-links. I guess one could always put a standard “not responsible for…” type disclaimer on the site – to at least try to negate any bad perceptions. I just don’t know how effective that is.

It seems to me that ‘first impressions’ are notoriously important to us human beings – and if the first impression is a porn site, or a scam site, or a garbage laden site, etc. – I think it WILL stick in the searchers mind – consciously or not.

whew – and there I went again. Can you tell this is a pet peeve of mine? I just don’t buy into the ‘…can’t hurt you’ philosophy so much.

ps – nice food site. I’ve bookmarked it. I don’t cook, but my hubby does (momma didn’t raise no fool) and he’s always looking for new yummies to try and make.