"Follow the money" - Tracking blog spam with Fiddler

MSR just published a paper (http://research.microsoft.com/searchranger/) on blog spam and who profits from it. Their site shows how they used Fiddler to track spam back to those who profit from it. The paper got a nice writeup in the NYTimes and elsewhere.

New Fiddler Demonstration Videos

I've added a few more instructional videos for using Fiddler. Check them out here:

http://www.fiddlertool.com/fiddler/help/video/default.asp

Good article on optimizing your web data transfers

Fiddler can be used to measure most of the worthwhile metrics mentioned.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000807.html

Fiddler Video #1: Simple Tampering

Simple Flash Video demonstration of using Fiddler to tamper with a HTTP Request.

http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler/help/video/SimpleTampering.htm

Feedback and suggestions for future videos appreciated!

-Eric