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Spam is no longer just an email problem.....

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Services for Real Estate Pros with London web Marketing

Well as I said in my last post, I hadn't been quite so active in the blogs or forums of late, but yesterday I took a look at my forum, and what do I find nearly 500 members.

Wow !!!!!!

Then I took a close look, 3 were real members the rest all SPAMMERS, bad names just filling the forum up with SPAM links.

When will these guys learn, links have to be relevant and when people like myself find them in our blogs and forums we delete them and ban the people, all they end up with is a total waste of time.

Please Please Please, when you are using link building in your SEO campaign do it right and make them relevant.

In a nutshell good long term SEO takes time, but when done right it sticks, SPAM just pi#@#eseveryone off and in the long term achieves nothing.

Rob Parker is a Toronto SEO specialising in Real Esate SEO with clients all over the world.

Lorna Hill
MVP Realty - Strawberry, AZ
Pine & Strawberry AZ Real Estate Agent
Too bad that the spammers can't find a positive way to channel their talents.  Guess that will never happen.
Aug 24, 2007 05:13 AM
Joe Adams
Major Mortgage USA/Branch Manager - Montrose, CO
I would love to see all spamers in those little blue cans and back on the stores shelves
Aug 24, 2007 05:18 AM
Larry Wright
nwRealty.Com - Tacoma, WA
Rob ... irrelevant links in your forum can also damage your search engine positioning.  Have you thought of employing a "capcha" type verification system for submissions?
Aug 24, 2007 05:32 AM
Rebecca Levinson, Real Estate Marketing and Online Advertising Consultant
Real Skillz-Clear Marketing for Your Real Estate Vision - Lake Geneva, WI
Spam is more than an annoying problem, it is a time waster, and time is money for each and everyone on ActiveRain.
Aug 24, 2007 05:36 AM
Shane Sarae
Honolulu, HI
Thank you very much for sharing, the person who comes up with a fool proof system to combat spam will be wealthy!
Aug 24, 2007 07:30 AM