Spammers

Jamie_Carter

Another kitchen company one here, that needs more people to click the spam button: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4728735

MothballsWallet

torbrex wrote: »

Try EVERY day :eek:
and if it is not bad enough that the kitchen spammers do their work, along come some 'well meaning' members and bump all the threads to the top of the boards again by telling everyone that "this is spam"

Sorry, Mr Torbrex *hangs head in shame*

rhiang1984

hi i am wondering if i could have contact via mods on here about someone using the sites name on facebook as sponsored advert i have copied link of it as found on facebook but i would like to warn others that this company using this sites name for their gain if you know what i mean?

thanks!
rhian

Gingernutty

As all the kitchen spammers seem to be promoting the same site, can MSE not complain to that sites management?

After all, no reputable company would want to annoy Martin and his minions, no?

Or, can we not spam them? Childish suggestion, I know.

They're are currently active.

Jamie_Carter

Gingernutty wrote: »

As all the kitchen spammers seem to be promoting the same site, can MSE not complain to that sites management?

After all, no reputable company would want to annoy Martin and his minions, no?

Or, can we not spam them? Childish suggestion, I know.

They're are currently active.

It's not just a case of posting links so that people will go to their site. They are probably also hoping that some of their posts will be missed, and that when they are allowed to post links then there will be external links on a popular site, that will improve their google rankings.

This may work on some forum sites. But obviously not here.

torbrex

they have actually just changed the name of the site they are promoting by adding a 1 to get round a block that was put on them by someone.
There is no point in complaining to the site the spammers are promoting as they are not directly employed by that site, these guys are mostly based in the far east and just cut & paste the messages.
9 times out of 10 they will not even try to use the registered name again as they know it has been blocked, they don't (possibly can't) read any replies to the posts and get paid a pittance for posting hundreds of messages on various forums all over the place.

Norman_Castle

I searched for them and google found lots of forums complaining about their spam. Do they actually expect to sell kitchens this way?

Jamie_Carter

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I searched for them and google found lots of forums complaining about their spam. Do they actually expect to sell kitchens this way?

Like I said, it is probably more to do with inbound links from popular sites, that will push their google rankings up.

Wywth

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I searched for them and google found lots of forums complaining about their spam. Do they actually expect to sell kitchens this way?

Presumably if they are not spending their own valuable time posting these messages, they are paying someone else to, even if it is a pittance.

So either it is bringing in extra sales, or they will soon stop.

Most spam relies on success rates of less than about 0.01%. So if they manage to sell just one more kitchen in 10,000 spams, they are onto a winner presumably.

Wywth

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

Like I said, it is probably more to do with inbound links from popular sites, that will push their google rankings up.

Does any popular site allow spamming to remain for very long?

Most other forums are actively moderated (as well as having a report feature). We're led to believe this site relies on offending items being reported before they are reviewed, hence possibly why the spammers like this site so much.

On some sites (and I don't think this site is any different) people nowadays prefer to let the spam and other nonsense that often goes on remain - have you looked at HUKD site recently as a prime example?

I too have given up with reporting anything to the ForumTeam here. It's just too much trouble I'm afraid.