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Beware of the dog!
Written on 21 Dec, 2009 at 19:09 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Security and Spam | viewed 7,142 views times | 0 Comments
In my RSS reader this morning was a blog post: My “Beware Of Dog” Don’t Spam Me Sign from Danny Sullivan. He was getting frustrated about the idiocy of the spam attempts on his blog. It struck a chord with... (Continue reading)
The curse of the profile spammer
Written on 13 Dec, 2009 at 0:37 in Security and Spam | viewed 1,969 views times | 2 Comments
Spam and fluff posting on forums are as old as forums. What is getting worse lately is profile spam, mainly because the SEO Kiddies think that forums links are worth it. This is done by those who join forums or social... (Continue reading)
Do forum signature links help a sites ranking?
Listening to the SEO kiddies on some SEO forums, you can’t help but notice how they heavily promote posting in forums to link drop signatures and profile spam as a way to help build backlinks to a web site to... (Continue reading)
Dealing with vBulletin Spam
Written on 14 Nov, 2009 at 22:53 in Security and Spam | viewed 31,890 views times | 5 Comments
The spam posting and fluff posting on forums is not limited just to the vBulletin software, it is just that I am more familiar with vBulletin, so my comments here are directed at that. However, the principles for other forum... (Continue reading)
Ban these members from your forum
Written on 28 Oct, 2009 at 14:29 in Security and Spam | viewed 1,014 views times | 0 Comments
As well as getting rid of fluff posters, get rid of these members if you have them. They have either posted spam messages; or they are joining forums just to link drop a signature link in their profiles; or they... (Continue reading)
All forums should nofollow external links
Written on 24 Oct, 2009 at 20:51 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Management, Security and Spam | viewed 2,557 views times | 3 Comments
The spam and fluff posting is getting out of hand on many forums. Too many messages get posted for promotional purposes and to link drop signatures because of advice from SEO Kiddies that this is a good way to build... (Continue reading)
Sneaky tricks used by the spam link droppers
Written on 22 Oct, 2009 at 3:35 in Security and Spam | viewed 1,050 views times | 0 Comments
I have a low tolerance threshold for fluff posters with links in their signature, let alone in the message posted – I just delete them and ban them as they NEVER become useful members. A number of silly new tricks are... (Continue reading)
Forums Admins Unite: Lets get rid of the fluff posters!
Written on 2 Sep, 2009 at 3:27 in Member Management, Security and Spam | viewed 4,561 views times | 0 Comments
I have this huge desire to make every thread on the forums I work with a valuable resource on the topic of the thread. Imagine a new visitor coming from a search engine to a thread and its full of... (Continue reading)
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