Comments on: Why spam works

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:40:26 +0000

@Ash:
That pretty much sums up the exact thoughts that where going through my head right now.

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:50:13 +0000

Ha – I like the way you put it – i have been doing the “right thing” for a couple of years now – and as many of you would know – someone like me is never going to make it into the top 10 on an engine.

I just started doing stuff like you say above, because i am feed up with all the SE’s.

I think google, yahoo and others should have two sections on their results – a feature list of high ranked sites, and a feature list of low or new ranked sites. I have made a good site with good content but do not have the time to chase down 1000 links etc… (and so my site will never rarely be seen)

So now i am going to automate it, and who cares if google doesn’t like me – i am past liking them

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:11:08 +0000

I’m a freelance writer and an editor at Dmoz, this is sickening on both counts. At least it’s something to keep in mind while I’m reviewing submissions. Likely most of your sites don’t get listed if you abandon them so quickly. I don’t quite get how this works just knowing that people are doing it is enough.

By: asldkhf

asldkhf — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:22:56 +0000

That hasn’t stopped David Naylor! He’s making 8 figures income from spamming google. And guess what? Google probably knows about ALL his domains. But if you add in the adwords factor, he’s spending money on that end, so they view it as good spam.

By: yourbestmate

yourbestmate — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:17:32 +0000

Why spam works: Great guys, lets all make millions of sites and millions of pages a year… that way no-one will find any info of any use and the internet itself will devalue .

By: blackhat-seo

blackhat-seo — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:14:24 +0000

Complaining about copying content on a post that promotes creating 500 sites a month with scraped sites!!

Scraping is suboptimal, I mention it but I also mention "not scraping".

Is that a realistic number that one of these sites would make 10¢ per day. Or is that a ‘figure’ for illustration?

According to my statistics, 10 cents a day is quite a conservative figure. There are too many variables so your mileage may of course vary. Here is a link to Earl's Interview that I "copied" so you can draw your own conclusions.

By: Monty Loree

Monty Loree — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:23:34 +0000

Hilarious,
Complaining about copying content on a post that promotes creating 500 sites a month with scraped sites!!

I like the honesty and straightforwardedness of your analysis.

Is that a realistic number that one of these sites would make 10¢ per day. Or is that a ‘figure’ for illustration?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:05:42 +0000

no its no irishwonder, its not the same at all….why dont you shut the hell up and stop self policing everything….you make blackhats look bad

By: blackhat-seo

blackhat-seo — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:39:30 +0000

I wrote that off the top of my head. Maybe I just happen to think a bit like Earl. I don’t see where it’s an exact copy, do you care to elaborate?

By: Irishwonder

Irishwonder — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:07:51 +0000

this is almost an exact copy of earl Gray’s interview, did you ask for his permission to use it?

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