Comments on: Free Advertising on TechCrunch with MyBlogLog Flaw http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/ SEO for All Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Article Database » Spammers have caught wind of MyBlogLog http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-12349 Article Database » Spammers have caught wind of MyBlogLog Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-12349 [...] MyBlogLog is on so many popular blogs that it was just a matter of time before it started to be abused by spammers. At first, people were able to sign up for fake accounts under other people’s name and now users are able to leverage it for free advertising. [...] […] MyBlogLog is on so many popular blogs that it was just a matter of time before it started to be abused by spammers. At first, people were able to sign up for fake accounts under other people’s name and now users are able to leverage it for free advertising. […]

]]> By: MyBlogLog Spammers Can Trick Users Into Joining Any MyBlogLog Community | Etixet http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-12230 MyBlogLog Spammers Can Trick Users Into Joining Any MyBlogLog Community | Etixet Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:53:20 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-12230 [...] Techcrunch reader Michael Jensen previously demonstrated a simple browser trick to spam MyBlogLog widgets by auto-refreshing the browser every minute or so. [...] […] Techcrunch reader Michael Jensen previously demonstrated a simple browser trick to spam MyBlogLog widgets by auto-refreshing the browser every minute or so. […]

]]> By: MOST MOST » Blog Archive » Beware of MyBlogLog Tricks to Increase Community Members http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-11191 MOST MOST » Blog Archive » Beware of MyBlogLog Tricks to Increase Community Members Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:24:51 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-11191 [...] Spam is a natural response to popular services. As SoloSEO demonstrated how easy it was to spam Techcrunch using the autorefresh feature. The MyBlogLog guys are busy fixing spam, but new innovative ways emerge everyday to spam MyBloglog. [...] […] Spam is a natural response to popular services. As SoloSEO demonstrated how easy it was to spam Techcrunch using the autorefresh feature. The MyBlogLog guys are busy fixing spam, but new innovative ways emerge everyday to spam MyBloglog. […]

]]> By: Online and Offline Promotion http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-5611 Online and Offline Promotion Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:59:16 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-5611 <strong>Online and Offline Promotion...</strong> I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting... Online and Offline Promotion…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

]]> By: Mark http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-3156 Mark Wed, 16 May 2007 11:59:36 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-3156 Several of our users use MyBlogLog and I shall certainly inform them of this issue... although hopefully with the upgrades Yahoo has just announced, this issue will be resolved. Several of our users use MyBlogLog and I shall certainly inform them of this issue… although hopefully with the upgrades Yahoo has just announced, this issue will be resolved.

]]> By: TightReviews.com » Blog Archive » Yahoo upgrades MyBlogLog http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-3133 TightReviews.com » Blog Archive » Yahoo upgrades MyBlogLog Tue, 15 May 2007 16:10:35 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-3133 [...] Michael Jensen has discovered a way to place your ‘ads’ on top ranking blogs who use the MBL widget. He created a new account with the advertising he wanted included as the profile image. He then opened TechCrunch (the blog he used as an example) in his Firefox browser and set it to autorefresh every minute or so. The result was that the “user” kept coming back to TechCrunch and popping to the top of the widget. Some of the traffic that clicked through to the user page on MyBlogLog made its way back to the destination site. Here’s what it looked like [...] […] Michael Jensen has discovered a way to place your ‘ads’ on top ranking blogs who use the MBL widget. He created a new account with the advertising he wanted included as the profile image. He then opened TechCrunch (the blog he used as an example) in his Firefox browser and set it to autorefresh every minute or so. The result was that the “user” kept coming back to TechCrunch and popping to the top of the widget. Some of the traffic that clicked through to the user page on MyBlogLog made its way back to the destination site. Here’s what it looked like […]

]]> By: Yahoo upgrades MyBlogLog at Bandwidth Blog - IT News, Gadgets, Games and Videos http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-3132 Yahoo upgrades MyBlogLog at Bandwidth Blog - IT News, Gadgets, Games and Videos Tue, 15 May 2007 15:16:16 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-3132 [...] Michael Jensen has discovered a way to place your ‘ads’ on top ranking blogs who use the MBL widget. He created a new account with the advertising he wanted included as the profile image. He then opened TechCrunch (the blog he used as an example) in his Firefox browser and set it to autorefresh every minute or so. The result was that the “user” kept coming back to TechCrunch and popping to the top of the widget. Some of the traffic that clicked through to the user page on MyBlogLog made its way back to the destination site. Here’s what it looked like [...] […] Michael Jensen has discovered a way to place your ‘ads’ on top ranking blogs who use the MBL widget. He created a new account with the advertising he wanted included as the profile image. He then opened TechCrunch (the blog he used as an example) in his Firefox browser and set it to autorefresh every minute or so. The result was that the “user” kept coming back to TechCrunch and popping to the top of the widget. Some of the traffic that clicked through to the user page on MyBlogLog made its way back to the destination site. Here’s what it looked like […]

]]> By: pulanet » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog Spammers Can Trick Users Into Joining Any MyBlogLog Community http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-3043 pulanet » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog Spammers Can Trick Users Into Joining Any MyBlogLog Community Thu, 10 May 2007 19:58:04 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-3043 [...] Techcrunch reader Michael Jensen previously demonstrated a simple browser trick to spam MyBlogLog widgets by auto-refreshing the browser every minute or so. [...] […] Techcrunch reader Michael Jensen previously demonstrated a simple browser trick to spam MyBlogLog widgets by auto-refreshing the browser every minute or so. […]

]]> By: The Pisstakers http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-2642 The Pisstakers Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:49:35 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-2642 <strong>MyBlogLog Sunday...</strong> MyBlogLog is a brainchild of others more talented than I! Ostensibly, it is a widget - a visual log of bloggers who visit My (or your) blog. More accurately, the widget is a reflection of something bigger. There are some good and bad points... MyBlogLog Sunday…

MyBlogLog is a brainchild of others more talented than I! Ostensibly, it is a widget - a visual log of bloggers who visit My (or your) blog.

More accurately, the widget is a reflection of something bigger. There are some good and bad points…

]]> By: Ajax Girl http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-2469 Ajax Girl Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:19:56 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/10/free-advertising-on-techcrunch-with-mybloglog-flaw/#comment-2469 [...] Michael Jensen shows that it is quite easy to spam MyBlogLog (recently acquired by Yahoo), and he used TechCrunch as the guinea pig for his experiment. We, like many other blogs, display the MyBlogLog widget (right bottom sidebar), which shows recent visitors, along with their photo, to the site. [...] […] Michael Jensen shows that it is quite easy to spam MyBlogLog (recently acquired by Yahoo), and he used TechCrunch as the guinea pig for his experiment. We, like many other blogs, display the MyBlogLog widget (right bottom sidebar), which shows recent visitors, along with their photo, to the site. […]

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