This morning I queried our database for DZone’s overall 2009 link statistics, grouped by link status. I thought you might like to see the results:

I won’t go into great length in my analysis (which would certainly bore you.) I will note, however, that DZone’s moderator team deserves our thanks for an AMAZING job of killing off spam before you ever have a chance to see it. 4.3 spams blocked for every link that makes it to the front page, and that doesn’t include the countless thousands that WOULD be submitted if we didn’t ban so many spammers!