Google Bombing Online Poker
Online Poker sites are notorious spammers not just in email, but also on blog comments. Our own Imperfect Now blog has been under a constant barrage because the WordPad software is common and Poker sites can set their robots to leave comments.
Some bloggers are fighting back by linking online poker to the Wikipedia article on the subject. So far, the Wikipedia article is third in google, first if Online Poker is in quotations.
Interestingly enough, Slashdot, the web geek news source has a good number of users who are writing against Googlebombing Online poker. Ultimately of course, these users are right. Googlebombing the online poker sites to drop one or two spots in google won't stop their spyware or pop up ads, nor will it really reduce the number of people finidng the sites through google.
One interesting post on slashdot mentioned a disclaimer they saw on a blog. Essentially, the blog owner stated that commercial links in comments were prohibited, and that anyone posting a commercial link would recieve a bill for $1,000 per day. If only I could collect, I would retire.
Some bloggers are fighting back by linking online poker to the Wikipedia article on the subject. So far, the Wikipedia article is third in google, first if Online Poker is in quotations.
Interestingly enough, Slashdot, the web geek news source has a good number of users who are writing against Googlebombing Online poker. Ultimately of course, these users are right. Googlebombing the online poker sites to drop one or two spots in google won't stop their spyware or pop up ads, nor will it really reduce the number of people finidng the sites through google.
One interesting post on slashdot mentioned a disclaimer they saw on a blog. Essentially, the blog owner stated that commercial links in comments were prohibited, and that anyone posting a commercial link would recieve a bill for $1,000 per day. If only I could collect, I would retire.
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