May 14, 2005

Contrary to what people think, BlogPower isn’t Armand Morin’s product, but that does not make it less evil.

See Andy Wibbel’s post clarifying the issue here. Andy also noted some other issues that this tool will cause - like copyright violations.

I especially liked his comment here:

“I think techniques like this are akin to dropping raw sewage into a public resovoir. Some see the internet as their oyster to scrape as they please, even if it means floating their own turds to cloud the water for the rest of us.”

I love that, Andy. :-)

My friend, Satya also create a tool called BotBurner BotMagnet that does the same thing, but I refused to promote it. Sorry buddy, but you know my reasons.

I’ve posted about these evil blog-spam tools before on my blogs and websites here.

Blogs and Pings and Rankings, Oh My!

Spam-Blogging: Blogs are more than SEO tools

Spam Blogging can hurt searchers and SEOs

Will Spam-Blogging Be The Death Of Blogging?

Google has already implemented a plugin called Captcha to prevent creation of spam-bots and I’m sure Yahoo and MSN will follow suit.

If you buy into all the crap about these “automated blog-posting tools” that claim to “blog-and-ping” - like BlogBurner, RSS2Blog and BlogPower - you’re asking for trouble.

They are baaaaad karma, buddy, and remind me of that old adage - “Fools go where angels fear to tread.”

If you care about your business, stay faaaar away from such nonsense.

By: Priya Shah @ 3:25 am in: Blogging Tips and News, Online Marketing Idiocy |

7 Comments »
  1. Priya:

    Couldn’t any of these programs be used in a positive way to keep updated newsfeeds on a blog in between posts? We’re in a field where the most updated news is important.

    Comment by Lindsey — August 4, 2005 @ 12:59 am


  2. Bravo “Captcha” — and you just have to love Andy, such a way with words!

    Its hard to get this idea across to the masses when you get names such as Morin, Pierce and Kern waxing lyrical about automated Blog and Ping software.

    I recall writing to one of these “boys” asking for comments on what fix they would recommend when their subscribers’ websites were banned at the speed of lightning — needless to say, all I got was stony silence.

    Roseanne

    Comment by Roseanne van Langenberg — August 20, 2005 @ 9:29 pm


  3. Lindsey, as with all technology, the techniques themselves are not evil. Its the way people use them that creates problems. So yes, I guess they could be used for legitimate purposes as long as you give the blog authors credit - and a link back - where it is due.

    Roseanne, thanks for your comments and observations. Its amazing the lengths people will go to divest others of their money. But then there’s also the lack of common sense to blame. :-)

    Comment by Priya Shah — August 20, 2005 @ 10:42 pm


  4. My main concern is that you can’t guarantee every page of your website will be included in the SERPs. Considering I’m constantly adding new products to my company’s website, I need to be sure that customers can find them as soon as possible.http://www.seoptimizerz.com

    Comment by SEO — July 26, 2007 @ 11:55 am


  5. A blog which doesn’t allow comments is still a blog. When I started blogging over six years ago, there were many many blogs already. Yes, I know it seems to many as if in the year 2000 you had to hunt around to find a blog. You didn’t. They were “everywhere”. Most have just closed down since then.

    Comment by david — July 27, 2007 @ 11:25 pm


  6. Priya:
    I like the concept you have gave here,how ever if you could elaborate it more then it would be more great,specially for those who wants to make a thing on it.

    Comment by Ralph emerson — August 3, 2007 @ 10:52 am


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