Why Spamming Newsgroups Is Still A Good (If Immoral) Idea.

Uncle Buck · 2013-06-13, 03:42 AM

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.

ecchi · 2013-06-25, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Uncle Buck

But it seems most sponsors don't allow spam. Is this considered spam?

As a general (but probably not exclusive) rule, sponsors will not let you spam their sites directly, but turn a blind eye to you setting up your own blog/free site (with ads to their product) and spamming that. Also, most are only talking about email spam, and turn a blind eye to newsgroup spam. A1 (who handle payment for my eBooks) actually encourages newsgroup spam (which is probably why I originally thought to get my friend to spam the newsgroups as payment for the work I did for him). So you are OK if you use my sponsorship program - see sig (now that was spam

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Originally Posted by jollyhumper

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 have never had a site de-listed for it, and a few years ago I did it a lot. However if you are worried - one strategy I have heard others use is to set up a second site with links to your main sites, then spam post the shit out of that site. The theory is that if it works, the extra kudos that the second site gets will be in part passed on to those sites it links to. Also, some of the traffic that site gets will pass through the links to your main sites. However if the shit does hit the proverbial whirly thing, you can simply ditch your (otherwise unimportant) secondary site.

Greenguy · 2013-06-25, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ecchi

...but turn a blind eye to you setting up your own blog/free site (with ads to their product) and spamming that...

Exactly! That one simple click makes all the difference

2013-06-13, 03:42 AM	#1
Uncle Buck Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 20	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.