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suzi
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 Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 7:35 pm Post subject: WhenU Spams Google, Breaks Google "No Cloaking" Ru |
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Article from Ben Edelman here http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/whenu-spam/
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Abstract: On at least eleven web sites, WhenU uses search engine "cloaking" to offer "real" web content to search engine spiders, while simultaneously redirecting users to other pages when they reach the cloaked sites through search engines' links.
Although prohibited by search engine rules, cloaking (when successful) helps reduce the effectiveness of critics' complaints about WhenU while boosting the visibility of content favorable to WhenU. However, when Google and Yahoo learned of these methods, they removed WhenU sites involved in the scheme (including www.whenu.com) from their respective indexes.
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Ben Edelman, http://www.benedelman.org/ was on the panel at the FTC spyware conference. He has done extensive research on WhenU and Gator aka Claria and Gain. His site includes listings of pending legislation and lawsuits related to the fight against spyware.
You can sign up for email notications of updates to his site and projects.
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