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Latest MyBlogLog Spam -- Adding Coauthors?
Checking my email, I found not one but two different requests to be an coauthor at MyBlogLog. It's making me guess that this is simply a new way people are trying to draw attention to their own sites, related to the MyBlogLog visit spamming reported by SoloSEO last month. In one of the cases, I was actually made a coauthor even though I didn't confirm this.
In both cases, I got emails that said something like:
With the first one, I went to checkout the site and was shocked to discover I was already made a coauthor of the blog. I have no idea how that happened, since I didn't -- most definitely did NOT -- click on the confirm link. By making me a coauthor, suddenly this blog was showing up in my profile. It also seemed like there was no way to remove myself as a coauthor. Finally I figured it out. Go to the site listing (if this happens to you). Then choose the Edit Site Settings option. Scroll down and find the Remove Site/Blog button. Push that. It sounds scary, like you'll delete the blog itself. No -- it just removes you as a coauthor. FYI, for more about MyBlogLog, check out the Yahoo Acquires MyBlogLog & More On How It Works I did last month at Search Engine Land. Lee Odden had a good story on the service recently, too. Also checkout Shoemoney's feature request list. I'm totally with him on the need to better control messages -- that's an entire other world of spamming that's going on. By Danny Sullivan on Feb. 19, 2007 | PermalinkSee related posts in: Blogs & Feeds
Next Post: Where's Danny Sullivan Speaking At In 2007? Comments Comment by rustybrick Yep, I got one last night. I took a look and this particular Belgian blog already had over 200 co-authors, thankfully I hadn't been auto-added... Comment by Simon Heseltine Hello Danny, Let me start by apologizing for the frustration you felt trying to remove my blog from your list. I hand picked the best SEOs for inclusion in this test, for a reason. I knew they might have friends inside of MyBlogLog or Yahoo who would get this fixed fast. I have no connection to the Beligum spammers, who where mass mailing Co-Author requests. I picked the top 10 authors who would be most likely to A) blog about the problem, B) might know someone who had connections to get it fixed. For anyone else out there, receiving requests still, from other accounts. I assure you that I'm not connected with them, and I'm just trying to get this fixed. Sorry again for the inconvenience, Comment by bradmkjr I did a search before posting to see if anyone had reported this and came up with zilch. But now I've tried a specific blog search and come up with several matches, all having the same issues. Most important, , I came across this official MyBlogLog post saying they are aware of the problem and have put in a fix. And yet the Belgium blog so many people complained about for sending out these emails remains active. Comment by Danny Sullivan Yeah I got one as well. I simply deleted it. Haven't been auto-added to anything though. Comment by David Wallace I had three of them...thankfully none of that auto-adding stuff, though... I guess that somebody's always going to find a way to spam any situation or service. Comment by Joe Dolson "I hand picked the best SEOs for inclusion in this test, for a reason." I'm going to pretend that I fall under that category rather than the spam list. The request made me feel all warm and fuzzy for about .000134 seconds. Comment by Rhea Danny -- we cleaned out all the co-authors of the Belgian blog and deactivated the invites (god knows I wish we could rescind the emails as well, but no luck there). The only other thing to do would be delete the community entirely, but I'm really nervous about that. I'd like to get to a point where the entire team isn't spending the bulk of its time thinking about spam, so the last ting I want to do is engage a spammer in a frontal assault. Any ideas on what to do? Comment by EricMarcoullier Just an update -- we blogged the whole nasty mess along with what comes next on our blog. I hope you'll take a moment to have a look and let us know your thoughts. http://mybloglogb.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/02/weekend_spamtac.html Comment by EricMarcoullier I also got some and was quite surprised. Strange way to get some (non related) attention for your website... Comment by J8 Zoekmachine Marketing Want to comment? If you are signed into TypeKey, you'll see a form below. No form? Click on the sign-in link below, and you can sign-in or sign-up for a free account. Sorry you have to use TypeKey, but I use it to avoid comment spam. All comments currently appear automatically after posting.
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Yea, I got that also and so did Tamar W.