Don't you just love Squidoo Guestbook Spammers? NOT!

One of the downsides of the new Squidoo Home Page (which I love by the way), is that people looking for the best Lenses to Spam, can find them with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. Recently I noticed I was following the same Lensmaster around as he left a comment in Guestbooks and then left a link to a completely unrelated Lens.

The Spammer was reported and I hope he got a very stern warning from HQ.

Yesterday it happened again. The following message was left:

Great lens! I love it when I see real people writing quality lens. There is so much junk on www.squidoo.com and seeing something that is compelling to read is just awesome!

Aw, I thought, isn't that lovely. It's great to get a compliment like that. Then I read on....

More info about me can be found at: http://www.squidoo.com/LINK REMOVED

My latest project is: LINK REMOVED - www.LINK REMOVED.com

OK, this is a G-rated blog so I won't tell you exactly what my thoughts were when I finished reading. But his links were totally unrelated to the topic of the lens. So why the heck would I be interested to have these links shoved in my face?

I had two choices, just delete the comment, or I could have some fun and get my own back. I like having fun, so I chose the latter option and posted this message in reply:

I am glad you enjoyed my lens. I agree that one of the problems with Squidoo is junk and Spam. But we also have a huge problem with people leaving links to unrelated lenses and websites in Guestbooks.

I mentioned this in an email to one of my SquidPals and it turns out that he has Spammed one of her top lenses too. Looks like it is yet another serial Spammer who is working his way through the Home Page and the Top 100s. Look out everyone!

I would have liked to have left a polite but assertive comment in his Guestbook, but guess what, no Guestbook and Contact not enabled.

Ah well!