[thelist] RE: link spam a new spam

[Scott Schrantz]

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [thelist] RE: link spam a new spam
> 
> Now there's a new deceptive spam-like practice, that I'm 
> loosely labeling "link spam" for lack of a better term.
> 
> I will give you the location where I first encountered this 
> whole new species of spam:
> 
> www.bizreport.com/news/7968/

> M. Seyon said:
>
> I'll bite. What exactly are you talking about? I looked at 
> the page but I didn't see anything untoward.

When I looked at that page, the word "entrepreneur" in the first
sentence had such a link.

It's called "IntelliTXT". Been around since April. Just another way of
advertisers trying to make sure we look at their ads.

More info:
http://www.vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.html
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/3184.asp
http://www.google.com/search?q=intelliTxt

It is deceptive, but it's not the first time we've seen something like
this. Early betas of IE6 included "Smart Tags", where the web browser
would create links to microsoft.com in the middle of any site, without
the site owner's permission. Luckily that "feature" got scrapped. This
is different in that the site's owner consciously chose to install the
IntelliTXT ad system.

One quote I saw said "The closest sure thing you can do to get rid of
IntelliTXT is to simply stop visiting sites that have chosen this
advertising method."

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Scott Schrantz
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