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Friday, December 20, 2013

John Lennon, 9 others honored with Mercury craters

Mercury's Lennon crater, named for Beatle John Lennon, as seen from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. Imagine that.

John Lennon is getting a tribute on Mercury. The late Beatles legend is among 10 famous people who are having craters on the planet closest to the sun named after them by the International Astronomical Union. The IAU, which is in charge of planetary and satellite nomenclature, named the craters in honor of "deceased artists, musicians, painters, and authors who have made outstanding or fundamental contributions to their field and have been recognized as art historically significant figures for more than 50 years."

Monday, September 30, 2013

Websleuths Lawsuit

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SoSueMe’s Statement To Websleuths Members

August 11, 2013
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WS Admin Mgr/Co-Owner
Websleuths vs. Tricia Griffith

Websleuths Members:
Websleuths.com, LLC and I (Susan Pruitt aka SoSueMe), have filed suit against Tricia Griffith for a variety of reasons stemming from what we believe to be fiscal mismanagement of Websleuths funds; its assets; breach of contract; and improper communications/solicitation of funds from various members. A copy of the lawsuit is available online.

Websleuths will remain intact and strong before, during and after this suit is resolved. We will continue our dedicated mission in our usual, dignified manner.

This lawsuit was filed in what I believe to be the best interest of Websleuths and its members.

The Websleuths Administrators and Moderators stand behind this action.

Websleuths advertising has supported this site for many years and there should never be a need for donations from our members to that end. If you have made donations supporting Websleuths, I’d personally like to know about it and my email address is below in my signature line. All such admissions will be kept in the strictest of confidence.

Out of respect for Websleuths and the legal process, while the litigation is ongoing there will be no further discussion of it until the suit is resolved.

Our members make Websleuths what it is today and I’m proud of each and every one of you and remain committed to our cause.

Sincerest regards,
Sue

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Friday, May 3, 2013

Official Blog: Preventing comment spam

If you're a blogger (or a blog reader), you're painfully familiar with people who try to raise their own websites' search engine rankings by submitting linked blog comments like "Visit my discount pharmaceuticals site." This is called comment spam, we don't like it either, and we've been testing a new tag that blocks it. From now on, when Google sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search results. This isn't a negative vote for the site where the comment was posted; it's just a way to make sure that spammers get no benefit from abusing public areas like blog comments, trackbacks, and referrer lists.

Official Blog: Preventing comment spam