Comments on: Yahoo Local’s Affiliate Spam: ‘A Unique Case’ http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/ Because not everyone can throw thousands of dollars at the 'How do we market ourselves online?' question... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Johnd http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-97194 Johnd Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:52:43 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-97194 Local Search Spa appears to be here to stay with Yahoo Here is another example of Yahoo local search spam http://local.yahoo.com/info-43993758-motor-insurance-dallas?csz=Dallas%2C+TX This property is managed by "Oaklawn Realty Associates‎" Here is their web site and phone number. The property manger can be reached at his phone number during business hours. 3300 Oak Lawn Ave # 103 Dallas, TX 75219 (214) 521-0807 http://www.3300oaklawn.com/ The property management office verifies that their is no Suite 220. The entire second floor was suite 200 and previously occupied by Chase bank and is now empty. The proerty manager says their are no tenants at all on the second floor and no tenants anywhere in the building with a corresponding name. Yahoo seems to like he Spam business Local Search Spa appears to be here to stay with Yahoo

Here is another example of Yahoo local search spam
http://local.yahoo.com/info-43993758-motor-insurance-dallas?csz=Dallas%2C+TX

This property is managed by “Oaklawn Realty Associates‎” Here is their web site and phone number. The property manger can be reached at his phone number during business hours.

3300 Oak Lawn Ave # 103
Dallas, TX 75219
(214) 521-0807
http://www.3300oaklawn.com/

The property management office verifies that their is no Suite 220. The entire second floor was suite 200 and previously occupied by Chase bank and is now empty. The proerty manager says their are no tenants at all on the second floor and no tenants anywhere in the building with a corresponding name.

Yahoo seems to like he Spam business

]]> By: Johnd http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-96585 Johnd Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:29:35 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-96585 This is still an ongoing issue and is a much larger problem than Yahoo is willing To admit, Just try a local search on yahoo for any of the following terms Home Insurance Houston,tx Life Insurance Houston TX auto insurance Houston,TX Substitute The city with austin,tx Dallas, TX , Elpaso, TX etc. You will see the same results repeatedly leading to the spammer sites with same repeated phone numbers. www.homeinsurancecoinc.com www.lifeinsurancecoinc.com www.cheaphazardinsurance.com www.motorinsurancee.com www.carinsurancequotesco.com www.dallas-car-insurance.net This Local Search Spammer has dozens of Spam web sites and thousands of ficticious listing in almost every city in the country. The sites owner also employs ghosts user ids to post bogus negative reviews on competitors listings while posting positive ratings on it's own fraudulent listings. This local search Spammer has literally thousand of fake address listings for over a year on Yahoo Local Search. Google has managed to delete many but not all of the spammers bofgus listings on Google Maps but Yahoo seems to be unwilling or unable to take any action. One would think that over the course of a year yahoo could have gottne its act together by now. This is still an ongoing issue and is a much larger problem than Yahoo is willing To admit,

Just try a local search on yahoo for any of the following terms

Home Insurance Houston,tx
Life Insurance Houston TX
auto insurance Houston,TX

Substitute The city with austin,tx
Dallas, TX , Elpaso, TX etc.

You will see the same results repeatedly leading to the spammer sites with same repeated phone numbers.

http://www.homeinsurancecoinc.com
http://www.lifeinsurancecoinc.com
http://www.cheaphazardinsurance.com
http://www.motorinsurancee.com
http://www.carinsurancequotesco.com
http://www.dallas-car-insurance.net

This Local Search Spammer has dozens of Spam web sites and thousands of ficticious listing in almost every city in the country. The sites owner also employs ghosts user ids to post bogus negative reviews on competitors listings while posting positive ratings on it’s own fraudulent listings.

This local search Spammer has literally thousand of fake address listings for over a year on Yahoo Local Search.

Google has managed to delete many but not all of the spammers bofgus listings on Google Maps but Yahoo seems to be unwilling or unable to take any action. One would think that over the course of a year yahoo could have gottne its act together by now.

]]> By: AhmedF http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-18927 AhmedF Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:09:00 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-18927 Wait I'm confused. If you submit an update to Yahoo, they say they will review it (ie it doesn't go live). How did they allow over a THOUSAND affiliate links in? Wait I’m confused.

If you submit an update to Yahoo, they say they will review it (ie it doesn’t go live).

How did they allow over a THOUSAND affiliate links in?

]]> By: Miriam http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-18926 Miriam Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:10:24 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/yahoo-locals-affiliate-spam-a-unique-case/1115/#comment-18926 It's good to know that Yahoo is trying to stay on top of this. I'm not sure we'd get this kind of personal response from Google. It's hard to know what an entity as large as Yahoo would think of as a major problem. I know Mike found at least 800 cases of affiliate map spam in Yahoo Local, but when you're dealing with MILLIONS of records, maybe a few hundred or thousand problems seems small? Hard to picture. I do applaud Yahoo! for responding to this. Great posting, Matt. Looking forward to your further coverage of this. Miriam It’s good to know that Yahoo is trying to stay on top of this. I’m not sure we’d get this kind of personal response from Google.

It’s hard to know what an entity as large as Yahoo would think of as a major problem. I know Mike found at least 800 cases of affiliate map spam in Yahoo Local, but when you’re dealing with MILLIONS of records, maybe a few hundred or thousand problems seems small? Hard to picture.

I do applaud Yahoo! for responding to this. Great posting, Matt. Looking forward to your further coverage of this.
Miriam

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