5 Smart Ways on How Some Bloggers fool their Visitors
I am been blogging for more than a year, but I must say that I still have a lot of things to learn. I have been reading a lot by joining some forums and visiting other blogs. But while I am learning, I also learned some dirty tactics or should I say how some bloggers can fool fellow bloggers.
They might be mad at me, but I do not care. All I know is that fellow bloggers especially newbies must be aware about this. Besides copying posts from other blogs and posting them on their own, here are other smart things some foolish bloggers do.
Getting credit from others’ forum posts
A forum member complained that his previous post was re-posted by another blogger. The foolish blogger was not smart enough that he even posted it on the same forum, the same category and did not even wait for a long time before doing so.
Posting a question and answer it with another username
I caught the foolish blogger by accident on a top forum. I was amazed with his answer to an interesting question so I checked out his blog as well as the blogger who posted the question. But I was more amazed when I learned that the two blogs were owned by a single blogger.
Leaving a comment with a fake anchor text
A freak forum member posted interesting comments on some posts with a link to a blog. The funny thing is he always uses a particular phrase as the anchor text but if you click it, the site is very much far related to the anchor text.
Cheating the subscribers counter widget
It is very attractive for a blogger to have tons of subscribers appearing on his subscriber widget, as it can invite more subscribers. But if a blog has only five posts and having 5,000+ subscribers, will you believe him? One can easily copy other’s subscribers counter widget and paste it on his sidebar, right?
Using a fake Entrecard widget
Not so long ago, some Entrecard members gave a warning on the forum but I before I was informed, I already made a separate post about it. It is site that is not an Entrecard member but has the same “Drop” icon on his widget. I wonder how much traffic he earned by doing this.
My personal tips
1.0 Be smart before you get excited. Sometimes, trust your doubts.
2.0 Before you click a link, point your mouse to it and look at the URL at the lower left of your monitor.
3.0 Search before you believe. It does hurt if you read other related posts before you admire a blogger.
I am sorry that I cannot reveal the names or blogs of these bloggers. They are now on the right path, anyway. The more important thing is you now have some ideas. If you think you can add more, I will add it here and with a link to your homepage. Let us help each other so we can move forward.
Being smart is totally different from being foolish.
I will update this post every time a new but valuable tip will be added by commentators, so I suggest you bookmark this page. Here is a good addition of one of my on-line friends who calls him self Ceblogger.
Launching a fake contest
A big contest will be launched, then the foolish blogger will leave everyone hanging on the result or award the prize to a fictitious winner. I am glad none of the contests I joined are fake.
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This is from wblmom AKA Laurie, just kidding!! I am being silly.
Anyway thank you for posting this, I didn’t even know that was happening or could. I mean I know people copy other posts and don’t even bother to change the wording around or add their own take on it, I have ran across this myself reading other blogs.
Thanks for the heads up!
hehe, and its almost hilarious when people get caught with their pants down…..they go red all over and shut shop to start a new one in the next street
Now I’m curious as to which forum is this.
Laurie – There may be more smart ways that I do not know yet and I will make a separate post if I discover them. Thanks!
TheAnand – No matter what they wear, they can only run but can never hide. Thanks!
Ms. Janette,
I am very happy to see you here in spite you being very busy with your 35 blogs! Plus an interesting book!
Anyway, just like I mentioned I will not expose them but I may if I saw them continue their foolishness. I already advised them though.
Thanks for taking time to visit me here.
On thing about blogging – if you’re trying to fool some of the people all of the time you will eventually find your true motives “exposed”.
Where in the world can you go where there is no cheating? Thanks for the post and I’ll keep my eyes open…
Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com
a lot of your tips went right over my head. i don’t do the forum thing, and entrecard!?!? hmph. but the fact that people are dishonest in their blogging is sadly not surprising. lack of integrity affects everything!
thanks for the post!
Dorothy – I am afraid there will always be cheaters everywhere, that’s why we should be very watchful and be smarter than them. Thanks for your regular visit.
Alece – This is the sad truth that we must accept. Fortunately, there are still honest bloggers and forum members. So I still suggest forums are still good places to socialize, learn and promote our blogs. Thanks!
That’s bad but it’s alright.
another way is to launch a big contest, then leave everyone hanging on the result. Or perhaps, award the prize to a fictitious winner.
Ok lang ang mga ways to fool visitors para sa akin Brad.
Sometime you need to do that to get visitors as long as the content is important. There are lot of relevant blogs w/o visitors due to Google ranking right?
Anyway can we have exchange link?
http://depedcebu.blogspot.com PR 1
http://extracebu.wordpress.com PR 3
Lance,
I am sad to hear from someone (especially from a kababayan) that it is OK that we fool our visitors just to win them. It’s like telling them that you also allow them to fool you even if the content is very important.
By the way, I do not allow exchange links on my blog that has far different content from my blog as I believe that relevance is quality.
And just in case you did not notice, The title of my Blogroll is Blogs I Read which means I really read them and not just for the sake of link building.
Google ranking maybe important, but relationships between me and my visitors are far more important.
Not all high ranking blogs have a lot of readers, as PR is only a popularity content and is a never a proof that your blog is being read and liked.
Thanks for dropping by, anyway.
There are tons of black hat methods for generating new visitors, they are unethical and anybody that uses them should be called out as a cheater.
In fact that is why I am boycotting the Digital Point forums. They are being sued by Ebay for cookie stuffing which is a black hat method of making affiliate sales.
It is good of you not to point these people out because they would probably just get flamed but If I were you I would make sure I keep my distance from them.
Adam
I also heard about that news regarding DP, Adam. But I think I will stay there for a long time. After all, I am NOT interested in buying and selling anything through their forum.
Thanks!
Great post, you’ve spoken from the heart and based on your experiences as a blogger
Thanks for this post Angel. I am really not into writing blogs but I will keep these advices in mind. I agree with you, the credibility of the site is very important.
More power…
nice post. true indeed. some bloggers fool their visitor to promote their site well.
This didn’t sound good. You have review all the fake that blogger did. I don’t even know I can actually fake with my blog after I read it. But I don’t think so I will do that