Growing SEO spam on Bitcointalk

[coin-investor]

A site that existed for 10 years does not just lose its authority.

Just one Google update and this could change in a blink of a second.

I wish this never to happen though. I like the forum because of the awesome members present here.

I'm pretty sure Bitcointalk is compliant with every Google update, all website administrators link their accounts on Google Webmaster Central so they will have updates of any incoming updates so they can take all the necessary actions, the moderators are actively deleting spam and ban people who posted malware on the forum so the forum is clean from being reported as hosting a malware.
I believe Bitcointalk is still the authority when it comes to the Bitcoin community.

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[jokers10]

We have some strange activity. I found already 6 newbies (yikeoplotir, Udinatoer, SAULpetiko, Judartens, warternito, qelepotyj) who leave the same text in different topics to promote something on github. Of course I'll report all these cases, but probably some other measures can be needed. Or if you'll see the came text from a newbie just report it as well. At least it can be considered as plagiarism as there's no link on the source and all post the same (link deleted not to promote):

I present to your attention our miner - PhoenixMinerReborn.
We have been in closed beta for more than a month and are now ready to release the public version of the miner.
Our github:
Key Features:
1) The miner uses approximate developments of the famous PhoenixMiner
2) Support for all modern video card models
3) Choice of two versions - GUI version and miner command line version
4) Support for all new algorithms for POW mining
5) At the moment it is time to test the public version, there is no commission. Will be added later

[LoyceV]

PhoenixMinerReborn

The name "PhoenixMiner" is often (ab)used to spam malware. Notify @Mitchell, so MindlessElectron can wipe them.
They're already marked on my Finding spam and scams by keyword site. Maybe MindlessElectron currently doesn't delete posts if the keyword only matches part of a word.

[Mitchell]

PhoenixMinerReborn

The name "PhoenixMiner" is often (ab)used to spam malware. Notify @Mitchell, so MindlessElectron can wipe them.
They're already marked on my Finding spam and scams by keyword site. Maybe MindlessElectron currently doesn't delete posts if the keyword only matches part of a word.

Thank you for tagging my bot. I've added the URL

[jokers10]

PhoenixMinerReborn

The name "PhoenixMiner" is often (ab)used to spam malware. Notify @Mitchell, so MindlessElectron can wipe them.
They're already marked on my Finding spam and scams by keyword site. Maybe MindlessElectron currently doesn't delete posts if the keyword only matches part of a word.

Thank you for tagging my bot. I've added the URL

They now came with new links, it is on mega.nz and doesn't contain the name "PhoenixMiner" in the link. It is just of a letter-and-number combination. I've reported them, but maybe to check not only in the link, but any post with these words which contains an outgoing link?

[Mitchell]

They now came with new links, it is on mega.nz and doesn't contain the name "PhoenixMiner" in the link. It is just of a letter-and-number combination. I've reported them, but maybe to check not only in the link, but any post with these words which contains an outgoing link?

Added a few more things. If you find anything else, feel free to send me a private message.

[arabspaceship123]

Just one Google update and this could change in a blink of a second.

I wish this never to happen though. I like the forum because of the awesome members present here.

It won't change anything it doesn't matter where google puts the forum in search results. If ppl want to discuss cryptocurrencies they'll find their way here.

I'm pretty sure Bitcointalk is compliant with every Google update, all website administrators link their accounts on Google Webmaster Central so they will have updates of any incoming updates so they can take all the necessary actions, the moderators are actively deleting spam and ban people who posted malware on the forum so the forum is clean from being reported as hosting a malware.
I believe Bitcointalk is still the authority when it comes to the Bitcoin community.

There isn't malware here so when it's about google how much difference does deleting spam make to results? Bitcointalk's still the main forum for bitcoin because ppl find their way here from word of mouth even if google's lowering bitcointalk.org in their results.

[jokers10]

New shill spam wave, now it is "N3 coin on INNODEX". They make multiple accounts at the moment.

sooun22 is already banned
Others are reported, all their posts are Innodex spam, all posts are made today:
niceyoo
qwer8023
luckyday1

I guess they can make more and more shill accounts. If you'll see someone with several topics/posts with N3 advertising, I guess it will be good to report it.

[jokers10]

I'm not sure if this case should be considered as SEO spam, because all topics are in a Digital goods section, but how many topics is it okay to open for some different goods presented on the same site of a same project? Clone script sellers are among those who open multiple topics again and again. And they are not the only ones. Is it what should be reported or is it okay?

And nearly forgot to show examples of what do I mean.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3580198;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2716490;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3564921;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;threads;u=3120410;sa=showPosts

As for me all that looks like spam, but there are so many examples that it looks like a legitimate practice.

[ABCbits]

I'm not sure if this case should be considered as SEO spam, because all topics are in a Digital goods section, but how many topics is it okay to open for some different goods presented on the same site of a same project? Clone script sellers are among those who open multiple topics again and again. And they are not the only ones. Is it what should be reported or is it okay?

And nearly forgot to show examples of what do I mean.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3580198;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2716490;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3564921;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;threads;u=3120410;sa=showPosts

As for me all that looks like spam, but there are so many examples that it looks like a legitimate practice.

I'd just treat them as SEO spam. In addition, many of thread/reply they create are extremely similar. Anyway, i reported all of them and let's see whether moderator nuke them.

Edit: Here's current report result. 2 Good, 1 Unhandled and 1 Bad. None of them got banned or nuked. If we want to see those user got banned or nuked, i expect we'll need separate thread which contain more detailed report/explanation.

[jokers10]

Edit: Here's current report result. 2 Good, 1 Unhandled and 1 Bad. None of them got banned or nuked. If we want to see those user got banned or nuked, i expect we'll need separate thread which contain more detailed report/explanation.

It is unexpected that they weren't left having one single topic per user for their ads. Not banning is something expected as their topics are in the correct section, but having so many topics per each looks like spam. If they had just one per one web site, it would look more expected... And these examples is just the tip of the iceberg...

[ABCbits]

Edit: Here's current report result. 2 Good, 1 Unhandled and 1 Bad. None of them got banned or nuked. If we want to see those user got banned or nuked, i expect we'll need separate thread which contain more detailed report/explanation.

It is unexpected that they weren't left having one single topic per user for their ads. Not banning is something expected as their topics are in the correct section, but having so many topics per each looks like spam. If they had just one per one web site, it would look more expected... And these examples is just the tip of the iceberg...

Yeah, they should only create only 1 thread/topic for their website/service. Although today there are 2 changes from my previous update.

• 2 Good, 1 Unhandled and 1 Bad into 3 Good and 1 Bad.
• This user got nuked, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2716490.

[ABCbits]

Today i found someone perform another way to perform SEO spam by including spam link and description on profile page. Here's an example.



In addition, there's no rel="ugc" tag which makes the URL would have higher position on search engine result. Take note i manually remove "https://www." and replace "." with "dot. I would suggest admin to add rel=ugc for link shown on profile page to discourage those spammer.

Code:

<tr>
<td><b>Website: </b></td>
<td><a href="mywatchuk dot com/">high quality replica watches uk</a></td>
</tr>

[LoyceV]

Today i found someone perform another way to perform SEO spam by including spam link and description on profile page.

Years ago, when downloading all old profiles, I found (if I remember correctly) 30k profiles with similar URLs. Most of them are probably proxy banned, but even if they get a real ban, that profile information won't get wiped.

[ABCbits]

Today i found someone perform another way to perform SEO spam by including spam link and description on profile page.

Years ago, when downloading all old profiles, I found (if I remember correctly) 30k profiles with similar URLs. Most of them are probably proxy banned, but even if they get a real ban, that profile information won't get wiped.

And i thought it's relative new SEO spam trick. While i agree such profile information won't get wiped by admin, simply adding rel=ugc on either all profile or limited to both new/banned account should reduce such SEO spam.