crazy backlinking spambots?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by manchesterguy, Sep 12, 2007.

  1. #1
    have you ever seen spambots generating backlinks to your site?

    if you let a blog or forum unattended, you'll find spambots tha register and post links to their usually pornographic sites. however, they also put links to YOUR forum on other sites in return.

    this causes a massive list of backlinks generated from other forums, and u dont lift a finger.

    anybody ever experienced somthin like this before? i'm getting 100 links a week by these spambots who i dont even know.
     
    manchesterguy, Sep 12, 2007 IP
  2. zinruss

    zinruss Notable Member

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    #2
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_spam

    Spam prevention
    phpbb forum: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=427852
    smf forum: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=177441.0
    wordpress: http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/
     
    zinruss, Sep 12, 2007 IP
  3. Killermule

    Killermule Well-Known Member

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    how do i get my hands of one of these crazy baklinking spam bots.... wow a mouthful

    Anywho, seriously, why do people do this? dont the links get deleted pretty much straight away anyway? Doesnt it give the sites a bad name? Dont they get worse rankings using it than without?

    Teach me wise one.
     
    Killermule, Sep 15, 2007 IP
  4. William

    William Well-Known Member

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    Yes they get punished but they make great money before they do
     
    William, Sep 16, 2007 IP
  5. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    the best solution to prevent this types of boths is CAPTCHA.
     
    trichnosis, Sep 16, 2007 IP