Comments on: Yahoo Local Full of Affiliate Spam

By: Pirsey

Pirsey — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:01:56 +0000

The style of writing is quite familiar . Did you write guest posts for other blogs?

By: Inolocick

Inolocick — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:05:31 +0000

Thak you for the news

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Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:09:59 +0000

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Sat, 03 May 2008 13:03:19 +0000

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5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:38:55 +0000

Blackhat Affiliate MapSpam – Is it a Crime?…

This SEL article calls it theft and asks not only if this is a crime the affiliate could be prosecuted for, but whether Yahoo could be considered complicit in any potential crime as well, because they allow public editing of the search results.
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By: Google Maps Opens Up, MapQuest Adds Traffic « Screenwerk

Google Maps Opens Up, MapQuest Adds Traffic « Screenwerk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:59:54 +0000

[...] (so far as I was aware) in allowing users to edit listings. However, today I was corrected. This blog post shows and argues that the open editing policy has resulted in lots of affiliate spam on Yahoo! [...]

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Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:50:10 +0000

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