DMOZ Spamming Exploit by Editors

Not sure if this has been brought to the attention of the administrators, but you should consider reading this article blog:

http://www.seo-scoop.com/2006/07/22/google-trusts-dmoz-editor-spam/

Apparently a spamming exploit has been discovered and is being abused.

Did you read the second reply to that (dated the same day)? rpfuller is ODP staff.

I came across that post yesterday and I was very happy to see a quick reply to that. It's unfortunate that it was exposed in what seemed to be a negative light/tone because I'm sure those are very isolated cases.

I don't care about tone one way or another: I focus on the information. And useful information is always good. The usual spammeister-troll would be something like "Most ODP editors are using their profiles for hidden link spam, and I know who it is but I ain't tellin' nobody nothin'. Isn't the ODP evil, and aren't I noble for exposing it?" No information, of course, just the sort of sleazy sanctimoniousness that can only come from a truly venal creature.

In contrast, real information is always welcome, and I'll cut a lot of slack on tone for anyone who has a clue and a bucket to carry it in -- and is willing to share.

I am still confused that the screen captures on that site don't actually show any spam?

You have to look at the page source files to find them.

hutcheson said:

In contrast, real information is always welcome, and I'll cut a lot of slack on tone for anyone who has a clue and a bucket to carry it in -- and is willing to share.

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I would agree.

OK I see the spam in the source code if I scroll a few hundred metres to the right....

Well done to whoever spotted that.

I guess they never heard that the search engines don't like junk that's hidden faaaaaaar off screen, especially Google.