{"id":1272,"date":"2005-10-16T11:25:59","date_gmt":"2005-10-16T18:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/?p=215"},"modified":"2005-10-16T11:25:59","modified_gmt":"2005-10-16T18:25:59","slug":"ping-poison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2005\/10\/16\/ping-poison\/","title":{"rendered":"ping poison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BlogsNow gets seven pings a second. I just had a cursory look over those.  Yes, they are all spam.<br \/>\nIf you should still ping BlogsNow in good intention please stop doing so. If you ping BlogsNow in the future then your weblog will go on the black list. Sorry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlogsNow gets seven pings a second. I just had a cursory look over those. Yes, they are all spam. If you should still ping BlogsNow in good intention please stop doing so. If you ping BlogsNow in the future then your weblog will go on the black list. 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