First an explanation of what happened, since it might not be clear to Adam Smoulders/Comparehomeloans.com.au: - The URL you pasted is a link to the archive of our "tracker" mailing list - Our bug tracking system sends emails to this mailing list for all new bug reports and for any changes to bug reports - In May 2011 someone created an item in our bug tracker that contained a bunch of spammy text about home loans with links to your web site - We deleted the item from our bug tracker, but the archived email remains
To be fair to the poster, it's possible the spam wasn't generated _directly_ by him or his web site. It's possible someone affiliated with this website paid some sort of shady SEO company to "boost your search result ranking for a low low fee!" I think this is more likely. I think this sort of thing probably happens frequently and I think it isn't always obvious that the shady SEO company is spamming the hell out of the Internet. Lesson: If you're running a web site, be extremely skeptical about working with SEO companies. Ask them specifically what they're doing. Good SEO involves improving your website by making it friendlier to search engines (and users) and adding better content. You can raise awareness by placing targeted advertisements in reputable ad networks or by pitching your product to relevant press. Bad SEO involves paying someone to plaster links to your website all over the Internet. So while I despise spam and spammers, I think it's a little unfair to vilify Adam and comparehomeloans.com.au so quickly. I mostly just want to raise awareness--I don't care enough to bother removing the spam from our mailing list archive. _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support