Tagged as Spam

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  tjmertz · Member · Jul 24, 2008 at 8:09 pm

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  the url for our site, http://www.madisonamps.org, has been tagged as an indication of spam by Charter communications. Consequently, any email containing a link to the site will be bounced by Charter.

  We’ve contacted Charter, but no action from them yet.

  Any ideas about what we can do?

  Thank you.

  TJM

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 24, 2008 at 8:27 pm

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  You might want to decrease the size of the “quotations” you post, since they make up almost the entirety of your blog, and add more original or analytical content. That could be one reason why they’ve tagged you thus: they assume you’re just a blog scraper.

  Otherwise, you’ll have to wait and deal with them directly.

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  tjmertz · Member · Jul 24, 2008 at 8:37 pm

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  Quotations make up less than 1/2 of what we post.

  TJM

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 24, 2008 at 8:46 pm

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  I’m just trying to give you some pointers. I’m seeing more than two-thirds in blockquotes or voting lists, etc on the main page right now.

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  tjmertz · Member · Jul 24, 2008 at 8:51 pm

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  Yes and thank you.

  I’d still say that even with one very, very quote heavy entry on the front, about 1/2 is right for the front. For the site as a whole, much less.

  Niether of us is going to do a line or inch count and I really don’t think that is is. I don’t know how Charter tags, but I do know trying to get it untagged has been impossible.

  Thanks again.

  TJM

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  rgodfrey · Member · Jul 24, 2008 at 9:16 pm

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  The problem here is the IP is blocking anyone sending emails with the hyperlink to our blog in the body of their email when sending through Charter’s servers. The email is flagged as spam. How a little innocuous blog dealing with education matters could get blacklisted in such a way is weird.