Can it be true that the search engine that runs everything, makes the rules, delegates that keyword spamming is not good, created the nofollow tag...is breaking their own rules? Yes this is true...Google Base, Google's product search, seems to favor sites that keyword spam the product descriptions. Since the only advice on the web for Google Base says add more content, why not? Let's add more content to the description, which has a large amount of space to input descriptive text. EXAMPLE) Do... Read Full Story
Effectively stopping spam over the long-term requires much more than blocking individual IP addresses and creating rules based on keywords that spammers typically use. The increasing sophistication of spam tools coupled with the increasing number of spammers in the wild has created a hyper-evolution in the variety and volume of spam. Read Full Story
YouTube
A prediction two years ago by IT security solutions firm Kaspersky Lab on the possible use of YouTube as a medium for disseminating spam has finally been fulfilled.
Kaspersky Lab reported it has detected the mass mailing of unsolicited messages that include links to video advertisements on the popular video hosting site.
However, this is the first time the company’s specialists have detected a mass mailing specifically intended to make users view an advertising video... Read Full Story
Alan Ralsky
One of the most notorious US based spammers was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for a scheme that used spam to manipulate stock prices in order to make a profit.
Alan Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was sentenced to 51 months in prison in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, according a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Ralsky pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and... Read Full Story
Every internet user, whether you are a blogger, reader, or just a casual browser or email user, has been affected by spam at some point. Spam is the plague of the internet. More and more energy is being poured into trying to find more effective ways of combating spam.
It is a difficult balancing act trying to keep out spammers as well as trying to make your blog and website user friendly and easy to use. The more tools you use to block spam, the harder it is for users and readers to... Read Full Story
As long as online marketers profit from its use, email spam will be a serious problem for businesses of all sizes. The millions of spam messages sent every day can drain a system's bandwidth, increase storage requirements and hamper employee productivity. To make their misdeeds even more harmful, spammers have created highly sophisticated and targeted attacks. Fraudulent email messages that sell bargain-priced pharmaceuticals, expensive watches and phony college degrees trick unsuspecting... Read Full Story
SEVERAL YEARS BACK, WHEN "SPAMMING" STARTED TO BECOME ALL THE MORE A NUISANCE, several companies whose business was the transmission and dissemiation of "bulk e-mail" messages were pushing the idea that such was "environmentally-friendly" as it saved paper and ink, thereby reducing waste paper going into the landfills (as if they weren't aware of paper recycling programmes in many parts of the country).
Not to mention invoking a rather pathetic and conspitatorial-sounding platitude... Read Full Story
Folks who begin their legitimate web home based business ventures would naturally be unaware of many of the online business rules, protocols and etiquettes. So far, as in any law, the Internet law does not forgive and forget for ignorance. One of the most significant issue that are governed by many controls over the cyberspace is Online Spamming.
A novice in legitimate internet home based business are able to simply fall unintentionally into the net spamming trap at the same time as... Read Full Story
Can it be true that the search engine that runs everything, makes the rules, delegates that keyword spamming is not good, created the nofollow tag...is breaking their own rules? Yes this is true...Google Base, Google's product search, seems to favor sites that keyword spam the product descriptions. Since the only advice on the web for Google Base says add more content, why not? Lets add more content to the description, which has a large amount of space to input descriptuive text. EXAMPLE) Do... Read Full Story
When it comes to criminal creativity, I find it difficult to think of a group that’s more creative than spammers. Not only do these cyber criminals develop new and creative ways to bilk unaware computer users out of their money, but they regularly roll out time tested older spam scams.
Rolling back, this time, for [...] Read Full Story
