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Recently, SEO.com attempted to manipulate sphinn.com votes in an effort to get publicity. This is a breakdown of what they tried, how they got caught, and why it didn’t work.
This article is the result of a poll I ran on whether they should be outted.
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from Doubleohd 1543 Days ago #
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Wow...You have to really go out of your way to not think about all of these factors.  Kudos on catching them and calling them out on it.

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from rishilakhani 1543 Days ago #
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umm... like wow? ?!!!!!!!Sphunn!

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from Shogun 1543 Days ago #
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Good on you protecting the place Shady... :)

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from Gamermk 1543 Days ago #
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As I commented on your site, this was kinda unnecessary imo. Sphinn is really good about banning accounts that do this.

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from SlightlyShadySEO 1543 Days ago #
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@Doubleohd/rishilakhani/shogun: Thank you very much!@GamerMk: Yes, I reported here and it got removed. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to post about it, so I left it up to the readers in a poll. The results were SO in favor of posting the article, that there was little question.

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from ffnstuff 1543 Days ago #
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sphunn... pretty basic stuff. ANother one would be dont make accounts like  SEO1man SEO2man  SEO3man.thats asking for it. Ive seen it ;)

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from Gamermk 1543 Days ago #
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Ya I guess you gotta give your audience what they want. I’ll sphinn it under that perspective.

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from SlightlyShadySEO 1543 Days ago #
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Yeah sorry it was so basic. They just made a lot of REALLY basic mistakes.

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from Gamermk 1543 Days ago #
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Nothing wrong with the basic aspect of it. It would have been kinda cool to list ideas of how they could improve their manipulation, but then you’d basically be sticking it to Sphinn in the process which is kinda crummy :(

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from JamesDuthie 1543 Days ago #
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Only problem Shady is you’ve now given them clues on how not to game the system... Guess your detective work doesn’t end here... :)Shady = Sphinn police.

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from SpostareDuro 1543 Days ago #
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Yea, nothing wrong with the basics Shady..Nice job...*-)

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from planetc1 1542 Days ago #
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Suprised I din’t se it until the evening. Great stuff.A good example of how this post differs from what’s discussed in your topic is to view the "Who Sphunn This" tab. Currently, there is a single default (green) avatar, along with many sphinns from active community members, and mix of different user groups. Good indication of a pure post. :)

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from Eavesy 1542 Days ago #
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If you can’t get a submission on the frontpage of sphinn you have problems.

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from cw360 1542 Days ago #
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Nice post. My Green Wheel is going to disapear tonight, just had not got around to it yet.General Comment: I learn a lot from Shady’s blog. Nice to read about what black hats are up to.

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