Banned from Digg.com after spamming my forum using vBSEO links

[BigJimTheLug]

Greetings to all,

I'm a vbulletin owner and have optimized my forum with vbseo. As such, me and my forum team "cross-linked" several of our threads and post with Digg.com. We did experience an increase in traffic and our membership went up, however, we were also the victims of false spam complaints.

Please be careful and do not submit a lot of links to Digg.com or you might experience the same results. Your digg.com account being banned and your forum url banned, therefore, making a part of vbseo totally worthless.

I'm in the middle of heated debate with Digg.com, but their site is so rinky-dinky that it does not look like my forum url will be cleared from the banned list anytime soon.
Members of Digg.com falsely accused me of spamming because we "dug" a lot of post at digg.com, not because we actually spammed.

Now, since there is a mod to include "cross-linking" buttons without vbseo, it kind makes me wonder what vbseo is suppose to do when some of the features that came with it, do not "work."

Hopefully my problem with Digg.com gets straightened out.

Cheers.

[Moparx]

No offence, but looking at your profile on dig, i'd say you are spamming.
90 submissions for your site in the past 3 days..

http://digg.com/users/MARKETPROFITS

[AdmiralSpock]

Originally Posted by Moparx

No offence, but looking at your profile on dig, i'd say you are spamming.
90 submissions for your site in the past 3 days..

http://digg.com/users/MARKETPROFITS

I agree... 10 pages of submissions from your own site in 3 days is... extreme.

Now, since there is a mod to include "cross-linking" buttons without vbseo, it kind makes me wonder what vbseo is suppose to do when some of the features that came with it, do not "work."

If you can't use the add to digg feature, then take it out of the postbit template

[Code Monkey]

Also, you should not use the social bookmarks from vbseo on individual posts. Us them for the thread only. Having them on every post is just asking for trouble.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by AdmiralSpock

I agree... 10 pages of submissions from your own site in 3 days is... extreme.

Not to mention the fact that he is now digging threads on vBSEO.com since his own site is blocked.

[BigJimTheLug]

Originally Posted by AdmiralSpock

I agree... 10 pages of submissions from your own site in 3 days is... extreme.


If you can't use the add to digg feature, then take it out of the postbit template

Yes, it might be a bit extreme, but Digg.com is optimized to prevent spamming. Everything I did is within the guidelines.

Might be questionable, nonetheless, it is within guidelines...

Originally Posted by KW802

Not to mention the fact that he is now digging threads on vBSEO.com since his own site is blocked.

Tell you the truth, you should have asked why I was doing this before opening your mouth.

Originally Posted by Code Monkey

Also, you should not use the social bookmarks from vbseo on individual posts. Us them for the thread only. Having them on every post is just asking for trouble.

Yes, I'm aware of this now.

Originally Posted by AdmiralSpock

I agree... 10 pages of submissions from your own site in 3 days is... extreme.


If you can't use the add to digg feature, then take it out of the postbit template

Hmm..I do believe you misunderstood me.

I purchased the vbseo and Digg was installed on my forum when it was installed. Since digg.com is no longer a viable option (until further notice anyways) that feature of vbseo has not given me the "return" vbseo claims.

Yes, "we" made several post to Digg, but there were all different post. In fact, all of our submissions were threads and different threads!

Is it still spamming? Is a lot of different threads still spamming if they all originate from the same link? It is a forum and forums have multiple post, right? Not even Google gives me the trouble that Digg gives. *Praises Google*

That's the problem with Digg, it is not mentioned in their terms of service nor is what I did mentioned in their terms of service. Posting different threads from one forum.

And yes, someone did say that digging every post is asking for trouble, but we only dug threads!


We dug a lot of threads, but alas, it was only threads!

So, I hope I was able to clear up why "removing the digg button from my postbit" will not solve the problem inherent in vbseo and digg.com.

The problem with digg is that they allow the "average joe/jane" to file a spamming report. And, what does society teach us? It teaches us that the average joe/jane is not the brightest light in the shack!


Hmmm....I've said a lot.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by MARKETPROFITS

Tell you the truth, you should have asked why I was doing this before opening your mouth.

Tell you the truth... no. It's obvious your just another {fill in expletive} spammer who got caught and are now trying to get some free PR wherever you can out of it.

But, hey, the more silly threads like this you create the more you get your URL out there, eh?

[Ntfu2]

i fail to see how vBSEO has caused your major loss in traffic.

[Code Monkey]

Search engines are there to index your threads and posts. Social bookmarking sites are there for a whole different reason. And it is within their rites to protect their product from those that wish to manipulate it. Just like google bans sites for trying to manipulate it's results, so do these new sites like Digg, Furl and others. Nature of the game. Wearing a black hat is always risky business.

[BigJimTheLug]

Originally Posted by KW802

Tell you the truth... no. It's obvious your just another {fill in expletive} spammer who got caught and are now trying to get some free PR wherever you can out of it.

But, hey, the more silly threads like this you create the more you get your URL out there, eh?

How is this obvious? From a post?

Isn't there something you should be coding?

Bye.

Originally Posted by Ntfu2

i fail to see how vBSEO has caused your major loss in traffic.

It has caused a major loss of traffic only from Digg.com.

Apparently, only politics and cursing is a hot item at Digg.