Comments on: Parasites linking to p2pnet: Part II

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:16:40 +0000

I agree that others should not be allowed to profit from non profit work, and from comments on your stories. These sites which use link farming to gain hits ought to be banned, or search engines like Google ought to remove them from search results. You also get search results to pages which are search results in themselves, and they are just as ugly I feel, and a scam. But this may be what you’re referring to. I don’t understand it much.

I’m happy for any of my comments to show up on search engine results directing to your site, but not if they link to some scam site

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:43:36 +0000

There could also be URL redirection involved. This might explain why there are no visible links to P2Pnet that appear on those sites.

The reasons could be to pump search engine rankings or some kind of pay-by-the-click setup to scam advertisers, like the kind common about 7-10 years ago until people got wise to it. I really don’t know, as it does not follow any formula or strategy I’ve seen used before.

I’d like to know if all stories get linked equally, or if it’s mainly those ‘Britney secrets revealed’ stories that get hit with all the spam/farm links?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:13:13 +0000

Just ban all links in comments, simple. They are rarely useful anyway.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:16:19 +0000

r u serious? *don’t contribute to the idea that linking is a crime* see this http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15895 “?

By: x3style

x3style — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:48:27 +0000

Risking to sound like the RIAA but i think your over pissed about your neighbors selling tickets to view your house. I know your having a hard time keeping this site up and running and put a lot of effort into it but you have to admit your pissed someone else found a way to profit from your work witch is very common nowadays.
Yet i do not agree with others consuming your bandwidth.

But only 1 thing don’t contribute to the idea that linking is a crime. Find a way around it.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:17:01 +0000

heh. I wish I could afford a lawyer to do that

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:45:19 +0000

maybe you should sue them for linking to you.