Atticus - 11:42 pm on Mar 24, 2005 (gmt 0)

HughMungus,

Exactly. We don't know the specific reasons why each and everyone of these 17 scraper publishers were kicked out.

What we do know is that they published scraper sites.

We know that they were kicked out.

We know that the specific reason why blend27 reported 16 of them is because they were scraper sites delivering garbage traffic to his sites via AW.

Based on what we do know, it would be logical to assume that G doesn't react kindly to the existence of scraper sites (at least those running AS) when G becomes aware of them.

The possiblility that the ousted publishers committed other infractions would be worth considering, if such evidence were made available. Perhaps blend27 could tell us if each and every site he reported as a scraper was zapped or if some survived or morphed into something more substantial or whatever.

photon,

Building quality sites is no guarantee of unending profits. But real content is the basis of my success, G's success and the temporary success of the scraper sites which are 'borrowing' my content. If it wasn't for actual content, who would use the internet?