Infinite Loop

Here’s the deal:

  • Google lists the post on my favorite wordpress plugins as the second hit for my name.

  • Spammers target this highly visible post for all the spam (about 90% on just this post.) Fortunately, akismet blocks almost all of them.

  • I have a plugin installed that organizes the dates in my sitemap by the most recent updates. The amount of spam causes the last modified date on the post to be updated regularly.

  • Google uses this information to repeatedly crawl the aforementioned post, thinking it’s a highly active page.

  • Positive feedback ensues.

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