Spam

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by Nikolas

Ever wondered why....

Never
I never see the ads here.
The only Google ads I see are when I'm using Google search.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Nikolas

when you answer a thread even with the word "reported" you bump it up the new posts link hence it gets more "exposure" the googlebots capture the links in the post and then we get hit with more spam as their links get free exposure via our backbone. Every hit gets something for the spammers. Completely ignoring the spam and just reporting it via the red dot is plenty. the spam post gets pushed onto the back and doesn't get exposure. Ever wondered why some google ads on this and other forums seem random yet others pop up if certain words or links are mentioned a few times?

We are only following Mike's and the moderators instructions"request"
They must know what they are doing to ask us to post "reported"
It maybe easer than having lots of people send a message saying spam via the Red Dot.
That's what I read into their request.
Cheers

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by astroron

We are only following Mike's and the moderators instructions"request"
They must know what they are doing to ask us to post "reported"
It maybe easer than having lots of people send a message saying spam via the Red Dot.
That's what I read into their request.
Cheers

Exactly, thank you Ron.

[mozzie (Peter)]

I as others have stated reported as the mod's wishes and hopefully this spam crap will die down...😤 it really seems to have benn the last several months...
Do the mod's get most of the spam before we see it or only after reported/red corner button??..anyway you mod's do a great job!

[iceman (Mike)]

It was bad for a month or two but has died down a lot now. I blocked the whole yahoo.in domain which reduced it significantly.

If it's only a handful a week it's not a big deal.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Nikolas,

Thank you for the explanation. I had an inkling that replying to the posts would further their reach.

I will refrain from replying to spam posts and only report them, instead.

Sneaky little devils!

H

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Originally Posted by astroron

We are only following Mike's and the moderators instructions"request"
They must know what they are doing to ask us to post "reported"
It maybe easer than having lots of people send a message saying spam via the Red Dot.
That's what I read into their request.
Cheers

I understand you are replying to the mod's request but as an experienced mod of 10 years on a forum with 25000 plus members I also know what is being said and what is being done.
The advice I'm giving is also for the moderators.
It's quite simple, report the spam but do NOT reply at all in any way shape or form as it bumps it up the list and allows the googlebots to target your site.
I'm not trying to undermine the job the mods are doing here I'm attempting to help.

[omegacrux (David)]

So maybe the answer is post 'reported' in this thread
Just an idea

David

[RB (Andrew)]

We understand Nicolas and ideally yes we prefer people just ignore and report.

The problem though is there's always someone with a dumb comment to make that stuffs things up.

By posting "Reported" it lets everyone know it's done and also means we don't get a gazzillion reports on the same spam post.

I think that's a reasonable compromise.

[Shano592 (Shane)]

If it is reported, can't the moderators move in and remove any links from the spammers' posts, thereby rendering any googlebot action as moot*?

*Aside from the Google caches, of course.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Originally Posted by RB

We understand Nicolas and ideally yes we prefer people just ignore and report.

The problem though is there's always someone with a dumb comment to make that stuffs things up.

By posting "Reported" it lets everyone know it's done and also means we don't get a gazzillion reports on the same spam post.

I think that's a reasonable compromise.

Your forum your rules mate

[Shano592 (Shane)]

Perhaps some form of Captcha for the user's first 10-20 posts, instead of moderation? It would at least separate the bots from the hoomans.

I'm just spitballing here ... I have no idea of what is available in the backend.

[OzStarGazer]

Originally Posted by MrB

Never
I never see the ads here.
The only Google ads I see are when I'm using Google search.

I don't see any ads either. I use AdBlock Plus.