Why Spamming Newsgroups Is Still A Good (If Immoral) Idea.
I run a website with JW Throat that covers sorority initiations. Before Panda or Farmer or some similar update, we were third from the top in a Google search for "sorority initiations" (without the quotes), now we have disappeared so low down the ranking that I have no idea where we are.
However I have been cleaning up the site recently, and I just looked to see if this had improved our Google ranking, it had not (or at least, not yet, but I am still working on the site) However while checking, I noticed that the 5th search result for "sorority initiations" (without the quotes) is now a page on a Google group site, which gives a longish extract from an eBook followed by a link to buy the full eBook. About three years ago I did some web work for a friend, and in exchange he spam posted all the newsgroups for me. That post is one of them, and three years later it is still number five in a Google search, and bringing me in sales! So I may be a "dirty filthy spammer" (at least by proxy) but it is worth it! |
Thanks for sharing, it's really interesting...
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Newsgroups?! Holy shit! I haven't thought about them in at least 10 years!
I remember spamming them back in what they call "the day" & seeing some decent results. Are they still filled with illegal porn like they were back then? Not that I ever looked at that stuff...|escape| |
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I still get most of my content from newsgroups
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Do I get you right;
If I spam a newsgroup with the free content I have access to along with link and a keyword text, I can get a blog ranked higher? jolly |
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However your reply has set me thinking. I have an old TGP which has a PR of 2. Not very good, but most of the links are reciprocal and through a script, so it should have a PR of zero! I have often wondered why it has a PR2. Reading your post I remembered that when I started it, and again about a year ago when I gave it a boost, I tried to get a surge of traffic for the trades by doing mass newsgroup postings. It is probable that some of these stuck in "groups" sites and on newsgroup harvesting sites, and that is what is giving my TGP a PR of 2. |
Addenda: The posts I am talking about are mostly story posts, with either short relevant stories or extracts from eBooks that I market. If you are thinking of posting a photo with a list of keywords, I doubt if that would work for three reasons:
1. Google is good at spotting keyword lists, so will probably ignore them. 2. A lot of groups strip the words and just publish the photo. 3. Most newsgroup harvesting sites publish text posts in the public area (where SE spiders can see them) but hide photo posts behind a members only barrier that you have to pay for (which also excludes SE spiders). So if you want to try this you are going to have to hone up on your writing skills! |
Thanks for answering, I often express myself a bit wrong, I do know it wasn't what you were saying. It just got me thinking as well.
It sounds risky though, but I am curious and might give it a try on one blog that can be canned if it goes wrong. I never liked newsgroups and had completely forgotten their existence. If I ask I might be allowed to put my own address on the pics, could be worth a shot that as well, just to see. Jolly P.S, writing is the fun part for me. |
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Ahhh, those were the days! :D |
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Yea, those were the days |crazy| jolly |
I have a sizable list of yahoo adult groups. But it seems most sponsors don't allow spam. Is this considered spam? Is this OK kind of a wink and a nod type of thing?
I've done it with my own site many years ago and it does generate a lot of traffic. I have a pretty large database ( > 85,000) categorized by type and a program I wrote to send the messages by category but have been afraid to use it and get in trouble. With the one exception of an e book sponsor. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated. |
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