Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 by Andy Beal

SearchGuild Unknowingly Comment Spamming

I’m always curious as to the junk that gets caught up in my comment filter. Today, I discovered an interesting attempt to get a comment published.

It appears that comment spammers are taking advantage of a script at Search Guild, that allows you to use their domain for redirects.

Here’s an example of how it works…

 http://www.searchguild.com/redir/o.php?out=http://marketingpilgrim.co m

Now imagine that but with a site suggesting I need some assistance in the growth of a certain appendage. ;-)

P.S. I’m in no way suggesting that Search Guild is behind this.

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1 comment on “SearchGuild Unknowingly Comment Spamming”

  1. Burger Man Says:

    June 28th, 2007 at 6:21 am

    I am a regular reader of Search Guild (going by the name of Burger Man). I am sure that no intention was meant. I think that the script is to reduce spamming of the search guild forum itself. I have mentioned it to the Search Guild’s owner, so if it is an issue then hopefully something will be done to fix it.

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