Comments on: Unabashed blog submitter

by: Spam Huntress » Blog Archive » Comment spam fraud

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:13:17 +0000

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by: Bruce Riddell

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:18:46 +0000

Still posting this stuff?
Let me have one last say about this whole unfortunate episode. This stupid smear of my good name happened because I wrote an article in my own blog that turned out to be an unpopular opinion and then invited spam blogs to read it.

It appears that a small but vocal group of people have adopted the point of view that “the end justifies the means”…. so watch out, YOU could be the next one to be sacrificed on their unholy alter of political correctness.

by: Olliver

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:45:47 +0000

I think it’s very hard to find any legitimate use for the Blog Link Generator at all

by: Michael Pollitt

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:45:38 +0000

Olliver, Ann Elisabeth has now e-mailed me the original page which I found very interesting. I also saw some other pages via Google describing this ‘Blog Link Generator’ software. Like the RSS Announcer software, it’s very unlikely to have a non-spammy use. I think Ann Elisabeth ought to keep on Mr Riddle’s case.

by: Olliver

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:51:58 +0000

Michael, actually this isn’t the original software he introduced on his pages. The tool in question was sort of a comment spam automation which had been initial part of the discussion here - before he noticed the referrers in his logs and swapped the contents overnight to something looking more legitimate. Ann Elisabeth saved the original contents from her browser cache just in case you want to see how it originally looked like.

by: Michael Pollitt

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:17:17 +0000

If Ann Elisabeth says somebody is a spammer, then she’s usually right.

Bruce Riddell’s web site asks “How do you get other people to display your RSS feeds on their web site?” His answers: “…And with the push of a button blast your feed instantly to all of them” “…And get yourself ready to spread your site and RSS Feeds all over the Internet”

If there is a non-spammy purpose for Bruce’s RSS Announcer software, then somebody please tell me what it is?

by: Administrator

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:36:35 +0000

And I sometimes edit out overly spammy links, even when the comments are on topic and manually added. Still haven’t decided on what to do with Riddell. I’ll leave it for the time being.

by: Olliver

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:33:16 +0000

You’re welcome, Ann Elisabeth. There aren’t any spam comments on my site because that would require me to grant them (first post authorisation), which isn’t exactly likely to happen

PS: Sorry for misspelling your name in my previous comments

by: Administrator

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:14:06 +0000

Thanks Olliver, I was really mystified. Didn’t make the connection before you did. I even searched YOUR site for those spam comments!

by: Olliver

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:51:06 +0000

Bruce tried to create a link between the spam at schily.blogspot.com and Anne Elisabeth’s capability of recognizing spam.

Quote:” I see that your own post comments are FULL of spam ….”

So the intention of my answer was to point out, that if this blog was one of hers, the spam wouldn’t survive for a long time.