CNN Link Farm, and New Funny Man Guerrilla Spam

I'd always thought CNN to be above the same blackhat SEO tricks as used by casinos, viagra, and debt relief.

So I'm having trouble explaining what the deal is with this CNN link farm that I've found:

http://www.clickgofind.com:8080/seoeurope/rss-resources/1/headline-cnn-news.htm

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Two new versions of spam, there is "timeless" which has removed the times of shows, and then version "funny man".

http://log.hugoschotman.com/hugo/2004/12/cnn_blog_no_1_w.html (funnyman)

http://desperatehousewives.blog.com/160358/ (timeless)

I've attached the spam below for the record.

Version Funny Man

I used to be the biggest fan of CNN Headline News. It WAS great. I used to tune in a couple of times a day…at least before they butchered the show. Their new format is shameful. Have any of you seen Headline News Prime Time or Showbiz Tonight? No these are not new CNN channels, they have turned CNN Headline News into a gossip news station at night…it is just awful.

Basically, rather than having real news, during the nights and I think even sometimes during the day, they have this format that focuses on entertainment news and gossip. It is awful...worse than FoxNews...Actually it is more like The Enquirer meets Fox News

I refuse to watch this garbage. They even constantly have Rita Cosby (She is awful) on to chit-chat about all of the Hollywood trials. This is the opposite of real news. Remember the economy, politics, international affairs? Didn’t Headline News used to focus 95% on real news. Why do they think that now people will tune in to see 95% gossip and 5% real news.

Getting back to Rita Cosby, can you believe that have this white trash gossip queen giving legal advice on CNN? My respect has flown out the window.

Please, if you have not yet seen prime time tonight...check it out tonight. It is usually on later in the even. After you have seen this garbage, try telling me that I am wrong.

Posted by: Don | April 17, 2005 06:55 PM

ATTENTION!!! - CORRECTION I wrote the previous blog on how CNN Headline News Now stinks.

I said they had on RITA COSBY...MY MISTAKE...I MEANT NANCY GRACE.

Sorry Rita

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Headline News gets a new look

By David Bauder / Associated Press

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For a network that has built its reputation on predictability, CNN Headline News underwent some dramatic changes on Monday.

The network debuted a new prime-time lineup that dispenses with its usual continuous "wheel" of news. Like all-news radio stations, Headline News has run half-hour newscasts throughout the day and evening for its entire 23-year history.

The new lineup includes an hour-long entertainment program, a legal talk show with Nancy Grace as host and an hour-long newscast at 9 p.m.

Translation: Headline News' ratings sag during the evening. But the network is pleased with daytime ratings, and that format is remaining the same.

Grace's show, at 8 p.m., is the highest-profile launch. The former prosecutor is a frequent substitute for Larry King on CNN, and the new schedule allows her to continue this and not compete with King.

Karyn Bryant and A.J. Hammer are the hosts of "Showbiz Tonight" at 7 p.m., the hour many of the syndicated entertainment programs air. Following Grace is a traditional newscast, with Mike Galanos and Erica Hill. The timing is designed to not compete with newscasts on CNN.

CNN Headline News also revamped its onscreen look, making pictures the dominant element on the screen.

Posted by: RE: Previousblog | April 17, 2005 07:22 PM

Version Timeless

CNN Headline News Ruins its own Brand Image - NANCY GRACE...Are you kidding me? I used to be the biggest fan of CNN Headline News. It WAS great. I used to tune in a couple of times a night…at least before they butchered the show.Their new format is shameful. Have any of you seen Headline News Prime Time or Showbiz Tonight?No these are not new CNN channels, instead they have turned a once respectable CNN Headline News into a pretty much gossip news station at night…it is just awful.Basically, rather than having real news, they have this night-time format that focuses on entertainment news and gossip. It is awful...worse than FoxNews...Actually it is more like The Enquirer meets FoxNews.I refuse to watch this garbage. They have even given NANCY GRACE (talk about trashy, she is the queen of trash) a legal show to ramble on about Hollywood trials and everything else that you would read in a Hollywood Gossip column. She is about as news worthy as page 6 in the New York Post.This is the opposite of real news. Remember when CNN Headline News focused on the economy, politics and international affairs? This was when they used to focus 95% on real news on only about 5% on fluff. How can they think that people will now tune in to CNN to see only 5% real news and the rest gossip about entertainment or celebrity trials.And what in the World were they thinking of giving Nancy Grace her own hour long show. There are so many great anchors at CNN and they give Nancy Grace a show straight out of Court TV or the Enquirer or the Gossip Channel or wherever she crawled out of.CNN Headline News used to be a channel that I could see being left on in the press room of the White House, but you think they would leave it on this channel now...hell no people would think they were watching Entertainment Tonight.Please, if you have not yet seen prime time tonight...check it out tonight. It is usually on later in the evening. After you have seen this garbage, try telling me that I am wrong.The fact that Larry King has Nancy Grace on his show and that CNN Headline News gave her an hour-lonng show has really tarnished the CNN brand image for me.