Webvigour Software, Webvigour.com - Forum Spamming 101

[Artashes]

Sophisticated (or not-so-much) Forum spamming 101:

A user sign-ups on as many webmaster-related forums as possible and starts a new thread under the development subject with carefully chosen keywords in the title and body message. For example, people requiring RSS service/applications, are going to seek for: "RSS Creation - Need help" kind of information on the Web:
http://www.hostingdiscussion.com/website-development-and-design/11358-rss-creation-need-help.html

Another user (or the SAME one really...), signs-up a week later and posts a much needed reply pointing to the same software/website (you want to camouflage your actions and give a couple of other members to reply as if its a normal thread not to make it too fast and obvious).

End result - tens of prominent webmaster-related forums with good PR link to the page for keywords "RSS", "RSS creation", "RSS creation help", and variety of keywords specified inside the thread. This system provides traffic, backlinks, SEO and perhaps even some PR influence. On our forum, however, it also provides public shame and humiliation. :devil:

http://www.google.com/search?source...LJ:2006-07,GGLJ:en&q=RSS+creation+-+need+help


Normally I would just remove the thread, but I feel generous today, so let me help with a little extra publicity: Webvigour, Webvigour.com, www.Webvigour.com, http://www.webvigour.com is a SPAM-LOVING company. :thumbsup:


Live and learn.

Best,

 

[ldcdc]

Normally I would just remove the thread, but I feel generous today, so let me help with a little extra publicity: Webvigour, Webvigour.com, www.Webvigour.com, http://www.webvigour.com is a SPAM-LOVING company. :thumbsup:


Live and learn.

Best,

I recall that thread, and now that I think about it I think I've seen it at least on one other forum. Great catch Art!

:thumbsup:

PS. I thought that quoting the company name will boost this thread's ranking for that term. That can't hurt, can it?

 

[Brooke-TP]

I've gotten to where I Google one phrase in quote tags from every user's "first time post" in The Planet forums, unless it's obviously from a customer who can provide ticket numbers and such and trace the IPs from responses when the response is from a first time poster as well. It's amazing how frequently they're from the same ISP.

What's disheartening is that these forum-spammers and bot-creators will soon develop other, even more sneaky methods for practicing their trade.