Cuil Says it's Not Cool to Comment Spam
Is Cuil, the new search engine that seems to have lost momentum, trying to bring brand awareness back to the forefront by adding spam comments to blogs? That's what I'd say -- after all, they spammed my blog:
And that's also what forum members have caught. A Sphinn submission points to a blog post where it's obvious that I'm not the only one who was a victim of the Cuil spam. Even WebmasterWorld forum members are a bit shocked.
On my flickr screenshot (click the image above for the link), Brad from Cuil writes the following:
Hey Tamar, it actually isn't us (Cuil) posting the spam. We are as against spamming as you. We'll be doing a blog post later today to clear things up.
And just as promised, the Cuil team has written a blog post to publicly inform the community that it's not them either.
Forum discussion continues at WebmasterWorld and Sphinn.
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Tamar Weinberg in Spam at December 18, 2008 9:09 AM
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Yeah, but is it a marketing firm they hired? I worked at one place where we had hired a marketing firm and they were doing comment spam on our behalf. I was personally against it, but didn't have much say in the matter until later when I had more authority. The thing that people like this will tell you is that "we're still learning what works and what doesn't in online marketing" - um yeah, but it seems that using social media in a way that's clearly spammy can't and won't work and can actually harm your brand.
Posted by Samantha at December 18, 2008 12:44