Ingenious link bait for software directories � Glowleaf

Apr 06

Ingenious link bait for software directories

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While I was trying eli’s technique, on submitting to software directories, I got this email:

We have checked your program for viruses, Trojans, adware and spyware. The report is available here:

http://mysite. mysite.org/antivirusreport.html

Today, every second program is infected with some sort of cash-making malware. Your product is free of unwanted extras, but your users don’t have an idea whether or not they will experience some unwanted activities after installing your program. You can easily increase your trust rank by referring your customers to the trusted anti-virus report. The link code is here:

http://mysite. mysite.qarchive.org/antivirusreport.html

We are constantly checking all products listed at www.qarchive.org to find programs containing malicious modules. All software vendors receive messages similar to this one when we perform a scan.

This is a clever way of asking for a backlink to your directory. You can make an autoresponder say “We have scanned your site, and it was found free of parasites. Link to the report.” Of course, the report is nowhere to be found.

Pure genius.

EDIT:

These guys are amazing. Look at this:

Dear developer,

Your software ‘Bad Wolf Yacht Charter in Greece’ has been selected and listed by cleansofts.com team.

You can view the software at: http://www.cleansofts.com/get/569/75513/mysite.html

Your software has been awarded 5 Stars based on cleansofts.com Rating Guidelines at http://www.cleansofts.com/awards.html

Please display this great award image on your website using one of next 2 methods:

1). insert the below code on your website: (the code will display the award image)

<!– ——Start Cut Here—– –>
<a href=”http://www.cleansofts.com/get/569/75513/Bad_Wolf_Yacht_Charter_in_Greece.html”>
<img border=”0″ src=”http://www.cleansofts.com/images/5starsaward.gif” alt=” 1 : 5 Stars Award at cleansofts.com !” width=”151″ height=”70″></a>
<!– ——End Cut Here—– –>

–OR–
2). Download a copy of your award image at http://www.cleansofts.com/images/5starsaward.gif and display it on your website to let your users know about this award.
Link the award image from your website directly to your software listing page URL provided above to increase your ranking and traffic on search engines and on cleansofts.com website