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There's many webmasters that "overautomated" their operations. In fact, some guys' operations are so automated that they just click a button to get thousands of backlinks in less than 60 seconds. I'm sure that's what the autoposter sales page would say but the reality is: automation can backfire easily and land you in Akismet land. You don't ... Read More

Watch out for this (apparently classic) domain-related scam that's being reported at Twitter and wm forums.  Here's how the scam works: Scammers email you inquiring about buying your domain.  However, they require that you get your domain appraised by one of three or so domain appraisers they list in their solicitation email before they "buy" your domain.  Two or more of ... Read More

If you run ads for affiliate programs that don't take offers from particular countries, you may be losing money if your site continues to get hit by such ("no monetization") traffic.  This problem is particularly bad for sites that host their own videos.  Cost of upkeep > revenue = Fail. One good way to block unproductive traffic is to use country-based ... Read More

There's two kinds of backlinks--durable backlinks and "soft" backlinks.  Soft backlinks are links that you have to maintain in order to preserve their SEO juice.  These are social bookmarks, profile page links, forum links, etc.  These are very powerful but you have to keep building them in order to maintain their power.  The more durable backlinks include article submission-based links.  ... Read More

Watch out for these all too common link directory scam and spam tactics. You are sure to lose time, effort, and/or link juice because of these bullshit shenanigans. Warning No. 1:  Link Directory Sucker Method If you frequent webmaster forums at all, you're probably well aware of link directory owners recruiting webmasters to register with their PR 5 or (even) PR 6 ... Read More

If you post on forums with your ICQ address visible or otherwise make your icq address available on any social networking site, you may be  a ripe target for a new scam being perpetrated online: An ICQ spammer harvests your ICQ number Spammer sends out an authorization request that looks suspicious (weird characters and other blocks) and it has a URL You get ... Read More