BlogCatalog Declines Submission of Steroid Blog
March 21, 2008 by Millard Baker
I tried to submit the MESO-Rx Steroid Blog to the BlogCatalog directory earlier today after reading a positive post about the service on Techcrunch. I was disappointed to receive an email from BlogCatalog stating that my blog submission had been denied for the following reason:
The URL you submitted is not a blog, is solely for commercial purposes, or is suspected to be spam.
Clearly, a casual review of the MESO-Rx Steroid Blog would reveal that this reason(s) is completely untrue and unfounded. This is particularly upsetting when a known spammer (whose spam I’ve repeatedly deleted in the MESO-Rx forum) with explicit commercial intentions is currently indexed (and has been for over 18 months) in BlogCatalog (”Anadrol Steroids Products & Articles Blog: Buy all type of Anabolics Steroids from a reliable European source with free shipping“).
So, I sent BlogCatalog an email in search of the real reason(s) that my steroid blog submission was denied.
BlogCatalog Editor:
I respectfully request a manual review of my blog upon resubmission. It was initially reject for the following reason:
The URL you submitted is not a blog, is solely for commercial purposes, or is suspected to be spam.
The MESO-Rx Steroid Blog is a blog in every sense of the definition, even the more restrictive definitions of blogs (e.g. Scoble)
The content of the blog contains nothing that can remotely called “spam.” And not only is the blog not used “solely for commercial purposes,” it is not really used for commercial purposes at all with the exception of the banner ads and google ads which are commonplace in blogs. I do not promote the books we sell nor do I promote other companies products in my blog although I reserve the right to do so when I feel it is appropriate.
Clearly, my blog is, by definition, a blog and my blog is not used “solely” for commercial purposes nor is it “spam.” You have suggested that I change the information in my blog submission if I feel there is “anything which may have caused it to be declined.” I do not.
Title: MESO-Rx Steroid Blog
Primary Category: Sports
Secondary Category: Activism >> Political Activism
Description: Anabolic steroid blog discussing non-medical and medical use of anabolic steroids, legalization and decriminalization of anabolic steroidsIf my blog was denied due to the controversial content related to my political activism regarding anabolic steroids, I will understand. Many of my blog posts are highly critical of federal and state policies related to anabolic steroids. I have openly criticized the Anabolic Steroid Control Acts of 1990 and 2004 and have called for the removal of anabolic steroids from the Controlled Substance Act.
In a time of unabated steroid hysteria, I fully understand your desire to distance yourself from the topic. I just ask for an honest acknowledgement of your reasons for declining my blog submission. At the same time, I think I offer a valuable minority viewpoint that would fit well within your excellent directory of blogs and I hope you consider listing my blog in your directory.
Sincerely,
Millard Baker
MESO-Rx Steroid Blog
http://www.mesomorphosis.com/blog
Hopefully, my steroid blog will be accepted and the listing was initially rejected by an automated filter that BlogCatalog uses that screens for keywords like steroids or anabolic steroids. It could have been an honest mistake. I will keep you posted. I have another steroid blog submission for Steroid Report pending with BlogCatalog as well.
