Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Spam
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Excerpt: If shoemoney can write how to stop spam, I can write how they're keeping it coming! Don't get me wrong. I hate spam -- except when it makes me laugh or impresses me. And as the days go by and more people read this blog, I've noticed that an increasing number of spammers ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Black Hat SEO, Spam
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Excerpt: I'm a sinner! I violate Google's TOS daily. But the guy standing next to me on Yom Kippur made me look like Jill Whalen! He was a spammer -- and a pretty devious one at that. Some of it was muffled by the sounds of unfed stomachs growling for forgiveness, but I manage ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Spam
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Excerpt: The NY Bar has a new set of rules for lawyers floating around. Apparently, they got wind of the blatant cheeseball spamming lawyers are employing to solicit clients on the internet. I'd cite examples, but they'd probably get me sued :( They responded in spades, though: 1. & ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Spam, Blogging
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Excerpt: It's now pretty clear that companies must monitor their online reputations. It's also not such a great idea to tick off bloggers in the first place. News is likely to spread, and fellow bloggers may send links freely. Reporting something stupid is great link bait! As ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Spam
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Excerpt: I'm friendly with some spammers. Most of them are pretty nice guys. I don't spam, and I never will -- but I keep in touch. Since most spammers are really just out to make a buck and not hurt anyone, I would never expect them to mock and laugh at a spam victim. But sadly, th ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Spam, Google
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Excerpt: Search engine marketers loved SnapNames. Expired domains used to evade the dreaded "sandbox" aging delay. I loved SnapNames too -- but for a different reason. I like domain names that don't stink. The domain aftermarket is a boon for people searching for domain ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Black Hat SEO, Security, Spam
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Excerpt: I was playing around with the What is Hosted on that IP? tool I just published, and some of what I found is a bit scary. I see cases where there are a few relatively legitimate sites nestled on the same IP with hundreds of spammy sites. Needless to say, this is a liability.Suppose I am a ...
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Excerpt: RSnake of ha.ckers.org documents in this post how to conveniently obtain all the subdomains of a domain using a search engine. This can help you isolate some spammers. He later says " ... wouldn’t it be nice if we could somehow get access to all the IP address to hostname map ...
