Faced with algorithm changes, former spammers demand link re
Source: Michael McConnell
If you have ever wondered exactly how crass and brazen spammers can be, take the example of realinsurance.au a company that had paid SEO companies to put their link in the comments sections of websites, and is now sending letters to various websites demanding the links be removed.
Talking Points Memo has their copy of the letter, noting how absolutely stupid the whole exercise is. See these companies that used to spam trying to game Google's algorithm are now running into a change that depresses their results due to spamming. So now they need to act quickly to repair their damage, Of corse rather than come hat in hand, they decide to make demands. thus even more bad publicity comes their way,
As technology changes and adapts to spam, this is the sort of absurdity that you run into, it is important that legitimate companies don't try to game the system, as they have to damage control. Actual spammers just move on to the next domain name, unscathed, The criminal element is going to be undeterred by these measures, ad they're always going to try and stay one step ahead of the world, legitimate business will simply be caught in the backwash.
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