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It’s no secret that user generated content is now flooding the SERPS (Search Engine Results Pages) of Yahoo, MSN and Google. So, I wonder why spammers continue to bombard this channel with their spamerati like behavior. You would think they have learned their lesson by now and realized how important their online reputation is; especially if they are trying to sell a product/service and no, I am not talking about the Levitra and Cialis emails and blog posts that I get daily.
A few months ago, a man by the name of Randy Swanston (not sure if it’s his real name or not) was spamming the hell out of this blog. I was literally getting 5 & 6 spam comments a day; and it was getting really irritating. After the fifth day, I went to his site and tried to contact him directly. Unfortunately, there was no easy way to get [...]
Mr. Randy Swanston – no, I am not interested in your “Underground Sales Letters eBook” or your “Six Steps To Six Figures With List Marketing”. How do expect to build relationships with your customers if all you do spam the heck out of their blogs. Number one rule in Social Media do not SPAM! The least you can do is comment about one of my postings a few times and then make your sales pitch. To make things worse, you don’t even leave a valid email address on your website so that I and others like me can ask you to stop your foul behavior. I have received well over 50 spamerati comments from you and whatever automated system you are using in the last week. I am generally in a good mood but you are killing my productivity. Consider this your first warning.
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