Is gross webspamming a Dathorn AUP violation?

**AndrewT** · 10-08-2006, 05:49 PM

Unless there is something that specifically violates our existing AUP or ToS (adware, malware, and other things of that nature) there is nothing for us to do. If you believe there is something, feel free to point it out in a trouble ticket. This individual on your server has been there since it was setup in the beginning, so it certainly is not something new. Generalized claims pertaining to certain activity is not going to succeed in getting someone booted.

I've seen absolutely no such blacklistings occur because this either.

**Buddha** · 10-09-2006, 05:44 AM

Furthermore, I certainly don't want any of my sites on that IP address

I wouldn't want to be on that IP after you report this webspam either.

I have noticed if you do the home work for Google they will take very aggressive action. Google really doesn't seem to like paying people for webspam.

**AndrewT** · 10-09-2006, 07:32 AM

This customer's domains will be on a completely different IP by the end of the day. If you insist on reporting them, please do so after today.

**russellg** · 10-09-2006, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by samsam

I hate web-spam, as a web publisher and a web user. HATE IT!!!

As a web user, it gets in the way of me using the search engines productively, and it also robs me of income and visitors as a web publisher.

There, I've made my position clear.

I went to some of those sites and I think that the Google ads point to legitimate and useful clicks.

If I were paying for those clicks I would be happy....and so should Google.

If you think you are being harmed by competitions in the click world...then you should be looking at your content.

So ...you want to tear up the competition to benefit your own interests...certainly not mine and others on these servers.

You and your ilk are trying your best to dumb down the internet to your low level.

Russ Griechen

**ZYV** · 10-09-2006, 12:04 PM

I think that your statements are completely stupid. Out of curiosity I went to some of those sites and in fact I found that they are basically the same (at least the underlying script is the same, only the content changes to reflect the domain name).

This is the usual shit that comes out from the search engines when I am not smart enough to make a good query, which is pretty irritating. You may argue that you're (or whoever maintaining those sites) not doing anything illegal/violating TOS/AUP, but I think it's clear enough that this is an informational garbage which has nothing interesting for the web surfers and is made especially for tricking AdSense.

You and your ilk are trying your best to dumb down the internet to your low level.

+1. I like your sense of humor.

**Buddha** · 10-09-2006, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by AndrewT

This customer's domains will be on a completely different IP by the end of the day. If you insist on reporting them, please do so after today.

I think that's a great solution and way more than I would expect from any host.

**ChrisTech** · 10-09-2006, 05:55 PM

All I see is link farms (no relative info) for the purprose of generating false clicks for google ads. Using the same template for most of the sites.

Code:

http://www.porter-cable.net/cable-ties/cable-tie-installation-tool.html

[b]Cable Tie Installation Tool Clip Of The Day[/b]

     [b]Sept. 11 used as selling point[/b] Since Sept. 11 -- the nation changed, its psyche altered and Americans bore out a new existence in ways subtle and clear. Airport passengers slip off their shoes without a second thought. A war rages; casualties mount. And color-coded threat levels are part of the country's consciousness. 

 This much is indisputable. 

 But with the passing of each anniversary, so much else has been hung on that phrase, so much consequence attached to the terror attacks that it doesn't hold as sturdy -- or at least raises a skeptical brow. 

 Since Sept. 11, 2001, the stories have gone, Americans have been buying up real estate, swathing themselves in cashmere and furnishing their homes with luxuries. The nation indulged in comfort foods like never before, visited psychologists and ingested anti-anxiety pills in new numbers.

Nothing but crap. 3 Diff. Adsense areas of ads. No revelant data. Has what appears to be a search tab in the left hand corner that doesn't work. Has a sign in area, for what? There is no place to register for anything. Site isn't selling anything.

Link farms suck.

My guess is those who don't see an issue with it, prolly run such sites. When I find such sites, I report them.

**russellg** · 10-10-2006, 01:20 PM

This is the usual shit that comes out from the search engines when I am not smart enough to make a good query, which is pretty irritating. You may argue that you're (or whoever maintaining those sites) not doing anything illegal/violating TOS/AUP, but I think it's clear enough that this is an informational garbage which has nothing interesting for the web surfers and is made especially for tricking AdSense.
+1. I like your sense of humor.

If you are really concerned about click fraud....just Google for
adsense click clubs

**ZYV** · 10-10-2006, 01:28 PM

As for me, I am not concerned about click fraud at all, since I have no connections with Google and AdSense in particular. The only thing I am concerned about is getting rubbish out of the major SEs instead of something that would be interesting and informative for me. That is why I responded to the thread.

**russellg** · 10-10-2006, 02:05 PM

Nothing but crap. 3 Diff. Adsense areas of ads. No revelant data. Has what appears to be a search tab in the left hand corner that doesn't work. Has a sign in area, for what? There is no place to register for anything. Site isn't selling anything.

Link farms suck.

I see your point....
Kinda like your redbox.com in your signature.
Links that go nowhere.....
Denver codes
St. Louis codes.....on and on
talk about a waste of time...
I wonder where I can report those

**AndrewT** · 10-10-2006, 02:12 PM

Lets try and keep it clean guys

IMO, just like e-mail spam, this will not be going away any time soon. It's only a matter of time before it gets just as bad of a reputation as e-mail spam has.

**ChrisTech** · 10-10-2006, 05:31 PM

Originally posted by russellg

I see your point....
Kinda like your redbox.com in your signature.
Links that go nowhere.....
Denver codes
St. Louis codes.....on and on
talk about a waste of time...
I wonder where I can report those

What about the site? A forums site, that isn't active. Mainly its just an arcade (vb forums). And notice, there are zero ads on that site. I don't see how that can even come into a comment here bud. But feel free to "report it" to whomever you think you can.

But for folks who have a redbox in town, codes are nice (free dvd rentals).

**Pedja** · 10-11-2006, 06:48 AM

There is no need to argue.

Every spam should be reported. Google will decide if those sites are acceptable or not.

It is good that sites are moved to different IP (and I hope scum had to pay for it) so if Google put some sanctions on those sites, others would not be effected.

Is gross webspamming a Dathorn AUP violation?

Is gross webspamming a Dathorn AUP violation?

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