[Proof] WarriorForums becoming new hub for PR5 profile backlinks

Gail,

Trust me, the mods do not get sick of it -- well they might get sick of the spammers but they don't get sick of deleting them. They would much rather you report something if you find it suspicious. Take it from someone who removes a lot of these types of comments from the Mobile Marketing section of this forum everyday of the week -- although they may not be breaking a rule as such it starts to become very obvious which posts are genuine and which are not.

I see it all. People copying sentences from other posts in the same thread -- to the untrained eye it doesn't always click but I catch people doing this quite often. People copying content from outside the forum and using it as post content to beef up their post count. Then there are those who come in and post a lot of vague one-liners with their new account that has a signature full of links.

I must admit when looking at suspicious posts there are a number of things I generally look at to help make up my mind. More often than not it is the newer accounts with no War Room membership that seem to cause the most problems... and they are the ones I will always keep an extra little eye on.

As someone else pointed out above... we, you and I, and the rest of the WF members are all moderators. This forum would not work without the contribution made from all members so make sure you keep up the reporting!

I wonder which WSO Barbie bought.

These are not PR5 profile backlinks. Her profile will be PR0 and so will the thread be - like this one. The home page is PR5 and she won't have a link there.

Like everybody says report, instead of creating what is essentially a thread with no value except for letting members know that they can report things.

And in another thread I found this gem:

"Forum are the best place there we can discus our problem with the expert member. It helps a lot in getting quality traffic also."

Much to learn you still have...my old padawan.

wrongnumber,

Will and others made most of the relevant points. I would just ask... Are you only now noticing this? It's been going on for years.

Gail, Nope.Please keep doing what you've been doing. We need more people reporting the way you do.

And if you're seeing that stuff in the Mind Warriors section, report that, too. We can usually tell right away if it's a botversation.

General observation:

"Barbie01" was actually one of the better examples. Probably "guarantees" the posts will read naturally and "stick." S/he's from the Philippines, so you'd expect reasonable fluency in English. And yes, s/he would have come back later and added the sig file. Most likely for a taco joint in Oregon, or a camera review site.

Some others add image tags that stuff cookies. If you see copied text from previous posts that's not marked as a quote, it's a safe bet that one is a cookie stuffer.

This is what you start when you hire most of those backlinking "services." You're just making messes that other people have to clean up.


Paul