With automated tagging, Web links can surprise

By SAMANTHA GROSS , Associated Press Writer, Technology / Internet

(AP) -- It wasn't what anyone expected to see while perusing a news article. But there, in the final paragraph of an online story about the call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer scandal, Yahoo's automated system was inviting readers to browse through photos of underage girls.

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Posted by Doug_Huffman 08/04/08 07:40

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Welcome to da Web 2.0 Beta

HTTP works fine for me

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Posted by Falcon 08/04/08 11:42

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Yea I stick with FireFox myself... no unwanted weblinks for me!

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Posted by Dinotron 08/04/08 12:22

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I hate the forums that have auto tagging. It sucks. If I wanted my text tagged with links I would have done it myself!

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Posted by Sean_W 08/04/08 17:02

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Even when the links are not illegal they are never relevant to the story. Reading about energy policies and having your mouse bring up suggested links to energy pills with extra snake oil is not all that helpful.