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Paid Commenting Done Wrong

December 1st, 2011

“The Chinese water army is coming!” It sounds scary, but in reality it is not a billion man force coming across the border with guns and tanks. It is a bunch of techies that have time, need money and know their way around the web. If you have a site or even blog that enjoys [...]

 
 

Google Maps Victimized by Spam

April 22nd, 2010

Undaunted by recent events, Google continues to roll out new apps. Google Buzz is still in play, despite users refusal to use it, and Google Chat is now opening up doors into other uses. GoogleMaps has been hit with spam, and continues to come under attack as Google Street View fails to meet EU standards [...]

 
 

Google Fights Spam in Business Listings

November 5th, 2009

The Google Maps Local Business Center was a magnet for spam, so Google changed a few things.  The new guidelines include a large laundry list of do’s and don’t’s, but the most important have to do with business names and location: Business Name The business name on Google Maps must be your full legal business [...]

 
 

Facebook Bodyslams Spammers

November 1st, 2009

The big judgment is in as of Thursday, and it’s a clear win for Facebook after rounds of sparring with Sanford Wallace, the self proclaimed King of Spam who attempted to legitimize the practice of spamming. According to the Facebook blog: Today, a San Jose, Calif. court awarded Facebook $711 million in damages against Sanford [...]

 
 

Google’s Quality Search

October 7th, 2009

BusinessWeek magazine did an excellent informational review of Google’s search quality team; delving into the ins and outs of how team members  evaluate  search rankings and come to decisions when changes must be implemented. Google CEO Eric Schmidt says Google has incredible leverage in “so much scale in terms of the data we can bring [...]