Many Feel Google & Bing Should Offer Spam Report Incentives

Jun 9, 2011 - 8:44 am 0 by
Filed Under Spam

spamm incentives pollA couple weeks ago, we reported that Bing was considering offering spam reporting incentives.

To encourage SEOs, who are not too likely to report spam to search engines anyway - incentivize them to increase the chances that they report spam.

The results are in, with with over a hundred responses:

Should Google & Bing Offer Incentives To Report Spam?

  • 57% said YES
  • 43% said NO

Forum discussion continued at Bing Forums.

Note: This story was written earlier this week and scheduled to be published today.

 

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