Jun 17, 2013 | community building
Google is penalizing sites that host User Generated Spam – How to get in front of the problem Google recently penalized Sprint for hosting spam links in the community section of their website. The AdSense program disabled ad serving on an online community that...
Sep 24, 2012 | community building
There is a method of forum spamming that’s been making the rounds for the past few years, it’s called Profile Builder Forum Spam. The idea is to circumvent getting banned for posting links to forum discussions. The way the forum spammers do it is by...
Jan 24, 2012 | community building
When you read about trolls and negative behavior online, it is generally acknowledged that bad behavior is fairly common. While this is true, I strongly disagree with the point of view that this is the nature of online forums and communities. This is not true. The...