Flickr's Selective Ban On Spammers

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Flickr's Selective Ban On Spammers

12-10-2008, 01:29 PM,

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Flickr's Selective Ban On Spammers

Quote:Sellers of handmade crafts post photos there. So do Amazon affiliates and fans of Tag Heuer watches. But when a search optimization consultant posted images to Flickr of products sold by eyewear retailer FramesDirect.com, and photos of people wearing them, the Yahoo-owned photo sharing site banished his account.

Like other sites prone to corruption by purely commercial exploits such as Wikipedia, Digg, or even Craigslist, Flickr has taken pains to rid its photo community of marketers who use the site simply to boost search engine rankings. And, like others, it has implemented no-follow tags to prevent misuse of the service.

"One of the techniques they frequently discuss [at SEO conferences] is if you have a Flickr account and post an image and a title to it, and a description, it's just like having a Web page. The search engines will spider that," ...

full article: http://www.clickz.com/3632015

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