[Allen Tice]

Stephen, thanks for an excellent wail! I've added emphases in the citations below.

Originally Posted by Golias

... In the recent past I've had four poems declined, with apologies, because of their prior appearance online. G/W

Originally Posted by Maryann Corbett

...it's also important that you not put the real title of the poem in the title field. If you do, the bots will find that.

If anyone else's post refers to the poem's real title without protecting it with tags, that too will mess things up.

Originally Posted by Maryann Corbett

....And as an example of how long things stay in the cache, consider this. My poem "Rose Catalogue in January" was pruned at whatever time I got the January pruning to work correctly, at least a couple of weeks ago. It still shows up on a Google search.

Please pardon the emphasis below. It may be justified.

There are sure to be Eratosphere members who want to learn which other journals search the net and reject on the basis of Eratosphere trials. I know I am one of them. Would others share their experiences, or at least name the problem publications?