Wordpress Banned by Google for Spamming

The Real Nick W writes "Wordpress, an incredibly popular Open Source Blogging system was found to be spamming google by inserting hidden links to junk content on high paying Adsense keywords such as mesothelioma and debt consolidation. Following Threadwatch picking up the story an anonymous Google rep appeared in the original thread admonishing bloggers not to use sneaky tactics to rank highly for "duplicate content" such as the 100,000 hidden articles on the Wordpress site. The articles have now dissapeared from Google and it remains to be seen whether Google will ban Wordpress outright as they tend to do when SEO's and web dev's pull these kinds of stunts."

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Off topic - Google interview questions

[hugesmile]

I realize this is off topic, but I just received a call from Google, based on an application that I submitted.

The screener said she calls back about 75% of the qualified resume she receives. She said she would ask me three questions, and if I could answer 2, I would move on in the interview process. The process is - screen (today), phone interview (45 minutes), 2nd phone interview (45 minutes), then a trip to Mountain View CA for an 8-hour interview.

I had to answer two of the following 3 questions:

Q1: What's the running time for Quick sort? A1a: Average case = n log (n). A1b:Worst Case is n-squared.

Q2: Assuming speed is most important, and umlimited memory, what's the FASTEST way to tell how many bits are ON in a 32-bit value? A1: Perform an array lookup using the 32-bits as an index into a pre-computed array.

Q2b: Suppose you didn't want to waste so much memory... A2b: Break the 32 bits up, say, into 4 8-bit values, and perform 4 lookups into a 256-entry array. Add the 4 numbers together.

Q3: What power of 2 is closest to 2 Billion. A3: 2^31

Interestingly, this was for a MANAGER position!

OK.. so, on to the next interview. Stand by for more info next week!