Yahoo OUTS scammers and spammers in results...

[CommonDavid]

Unless this is something I downloaded, but I'm pretty sure they just enacted this new feature:

[dnstrader]

Yes, this is a new feature on yahoo.

[Germz]

http://www.thegermz.com/my-ramblings/mcafee-and-yahoo-partnership

That should explain everything

[CommonDavid]

It's about time SE's took this into their own hands.

I think this is a great feature for Yahoo.

[mukeshkapoor41]

wow..i didnt hear about this until now..good news.

[wisdomtool]

This is something really valued added from Yahoo, they should do more of these if they want to compete against Google's continuous innovation.

[digi1]

Spammer doesn't mean scammer necessarily ?!

[rootbinbash]

this is really awesome

[exodus]

My AVG v8 already does that for me to all search results from yahoo and google a like. :), but only works on already reported sites.

[corb]

wow! that's pretty hot!

[Ganceann]

Spammer doesn't mean scammer necessarily ?!

Spammer doesn't mean scammer - but it does alert people to the potential of being inundated with pointless email.

There will be some innocent occurances of this where sites may get flagged for sending unsolicited email whereas the people who reported the email as spam had actually elected to receive it.

Nevertheless, it is a progressive step and welcomed feature that can be expanded upon to eventually prevent known 'scam sites' or 'blatant spammers' from actually receiving search engine traffic.

[wokaka]

McAfee, is this some kind of joke? Even McAfee won't be able to detect normal viruses and spywares, they are so far behind Kaspersky and even AVG.

[M.IMRAN]

Thats a good step taken by Yahoo! & but i agree with Ganceann

i hope Yahoo will do more better now :)

[trocobob]

This is a good feature added to yahoo . i hope that google follow the same methode

[usasportstraining]

My AVG v8 already does that for me to all search results from yahoo and google a like. :), but only works on already reported sites.

No kidding! Wow!

As for Yahoo!, that's a pretty cool feature. The only thing is, do they give you a good way of 'righting it', if they have incorrectly mislabeled your site?

Judging from other Yahoo features, it's probably a major pain trying to get ahold of anyone living.

[pioneer1]

wow thats a great future for a SE

AVG antivirus does something similar

[Sorbo]

I really hope something like this does a good job of preventing false/positives. Improper warnings for something like that would really kill traffic, even if it is just for a day or two, that could have a huge negative impact for a site.
Interesting idea though, I'm curious how this will play out, and what the other search engines will do.

[Sxperm]

It seems like a cool feature but I am worrying 2 things

1. mislabeled - Nothing is perfect. What will happen if Yahoo show a false alert by labeled on site that is not done anything wrong.

2. Can anyone get anybody sites harm by try to make some site labeled as "spam"?

Only my opinion. :)

[kmofo]

excellent feature. i'm sure there will be a way to "delist" if they've mark your site incorrectly!

[davewashere]

This is a great feature as long as there is a good way to identify which sites are really known spammers. I would assume this works in conjunction with Yahoo Mail, so Yahoo can check which emails its users identify as spam and tag all SE listings for that domain appropriately.

[homebizseo]

that is a great feature that is needed.

[CommonDavid]

My AVG v8 already does that for me to all search results from yahoo and google a like. :), but only works on already reported sites.

Yeah, but if the SE's are doing it already then that's pointless. In fact the AVG slows down your load time so badly it's totally impractical.

[doctorjones]

yup i agree with you guys, there are also lots of spammers who joins in this forum:(

[abhishekdaaga]

Nice innovation :) from yahoo though some softwares already do that but they can track it soon before someone reporting because they have their own mail service..

[exodus]

Yeah, but if the SE's are doing it already then that's pointless. In fact the AVG slows down your load time so badly it's totally impractical.

It wasn't pointless. Google doesn't do it yet, Yahoo just started. So, it wasn't pointless until they started. Also, the sites I think are updated a lot quicker then you would find with a SE. Oh well. It is faster if a SE does it.

[sweetfunny]

Cool, so they get even less SE traffic and have to spam twice as much to get customers lol :D

Seriously though, good feature.. It takes Google's Malware feature a step further.

[wisdomtool]

I really hope Yahoo starts its own version of Page Rank, that would sure be interesting

[kewlchat]

wow thats big news.

[microtekblue]

ahh that site is a PR 7 and it is being outed for sending "unsolicited emails" ???

lol that cant be good for business!

[firmaterra]

Brilliant!

Something new from Yahoo thats ahead of Google. This is exactly what they need to be doing to win over web users.

[baybossplaya]

why not just take them off instead of putting a warning?

[SGBoise]

This is good news but why would you implement something like this now? This should have been done years ago.

[YesBrilliant]

why not just take them off instead of putting a warning?
That's what I think, too. Would be more effective.

But anyway it's a nice feature, while it's there.

Unfortunatelly, I can already see lawyers lining up to sue Y because of "invasion of privacy". Sure their clients can invade others privacy, but they will say Yahoo can not invade theirs, specially making it public.

[redwebs]

AVG antivirus does something similar

[wisdomtool]

Yes AVG 8 and above, but I find that it really slows down the computer when I activate this command.

AVG antivirus does something similar

[CommonDavid]

If you upgrade AVG (the antivirus software) to version 8, by default, it installs a very annoying addon that scans your google/yahoo/search results, and marks them with a green checkmark as ‘safe’

If you wish to not have this ‘feature’, run this command (when you install AVG, or afterward to reinstall without):



· open menu Start -> Run

· type
c:\avg_free_stf_*.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch

[for c:\avg_free_etc, put in the location of the installation file you downloaded]



(found on http://free.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1238)

[sar420]

Yahoo! What a feature :D

[Stealer]

Interesting new feature, but they will have to be more relevant then that to get my search results.

[ChrisStigson]

Fucking awesome... BUT how am I supposed to build a list now?? LoL!

- Chris

[CommonDavid]

Cool, so they get even less SE traffic and have to spam twice as much to get customers lol :D


Hahaha, that's a good & funny point lol

[PioneerGold]

why not just take them off instead of putting a warning?

After reading thru the replies, I was wondering if anyone would mention this.

Why not just ban than from the index rather than branding them negatively.

Seems stange to me.

[Ganceann]

After reading thru the replies, I was wondering if anyone would mention this.

Why not just ban than from the index rather than branding them negatively.

Seems stange to me.

Delisting a site for sending unsolicited email could be a bad thing... especially in the cases where it was a false report and people had actually subscribed to receive it but forgot or couldn't remember requesting it (signing up to any site might automatically set them to receive a newsletter unless they opt-out).

There is a difference in warning people when visiting sites and preventing them from finding the site... it also gives the sites in question an opportunity to rectify the situation and comply with the CAN-SPAM act if they are not currently in compliance.

[twhiting9275]

As long as they get their 'alerts' from trusted sources, then by all means, it's a good thing.
I'm not so sure I'd be putting all my eggs in 'McAffee'. They tend to throw out false positives for this kind of stuff (one of the reasons I stopped using their toolbar).

This could come back to bite yahoo though. I mean, if they list someone as a 'spammer' who has had no involvement with spam whatsoever, then they are responsible for such, and that could easily result in a very hefty lawsuit

[benjaminp]

This is an excellent addition to yahoo in my opinion. Potential abuse of the system does worry me a little though.

[wisdomtool]

What is an innocent web site is listed? That would be a big blow to their reputation.

This is an excellent addition to yahoo in my opinion. Potential abuse of the system does worry me a little though.

[onlinemarker]

Thanks Germs,

very informative.

Good Feature

[phaiboon]

perfect!!!
lot of information!