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MS Research Automates Search Engine Spam Hunt

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'm-all-for-less-junk dept.

Barbie Dollar writes "Researchers at Microsoft are working on an ambitious new project to hunt down and neutralize large-scale search engine spammers. The project, called Strider Search Defender, automates the discovery of search spammers through non-content analysis. The project integrates technology from two previous Microsoft Research prototypes (Strider HoneyMonkey and Strider URL Tracer) and promises a new approach to removing junk results from search engine queries."

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  1. This just in..... by Mayhem178 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Every anti-Microsoft blog and article in existence has been flagged as search engine spam.

    More at 11.

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    "You will pay for your lack of vision..." - Emperor Palpatine to Ray Charles

  2. But I thought.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..that Strider HoneyMonkey was Arwen's pet name for Aragorn?

  3. Re:Cover-up by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was under the impression that the final name would be the "Half-Life 2 Search Defender", considering that's product will only a have a half-life of usability before the Microsoft patching system kicks in.

  4. Re:Will they share? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.