Google on the case

The blogspammers got clever with their Blogger blogs. They got past the CAPTCHA requirement for new blogs and set up "news sites" on Blogger that contained links hidden by means of the blogs CSS or stylesheet. A blogger at The Republic of Geektronica caught them and the folks at Blogger Buzz caught the post and the specific offenders have been taken down. Further, the folks at Blogger Buzz assure us that:

The braintrust here at Google has lots of experience dealing with spam and the Blogger crew is actively leveraging this talent to find new ways to combat the problem. Kudos to The Republic of Geektronica for taking note of this new wrinkle and yes, we are working hard against spamblogs.