Panda Labs has just uncovered in excess of one million backlinks with Ford-related anchor text that point to malware disguised as anti-virus software.
The unwary surefer is slammed with alerts from “MS Antispyware 2009″ stating that they must buy the software to protect their computers.  MS Antispyware 2009 is a sham product and does nothing to [...]

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The NFL is playing dirty.
The National Football League is using some pretty “black hat” tactics to get the low-down on potential draftees: checking out the social networking profiles of potential draft picks.
Nothing wrong with that, you might say.  Lots of employers already do so.
Yes, but not like this.
NFL personnel are creating accounts on Facebook that [...]

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A site called The Daily Background is reporting that the Belkin Business Development officer, Michael Bayard, is paying 65 cents for writing nice reviews of Belkin routers. 65 cents?  Hardly seems worth the trouble.
Here is one of the requests on Mechanical Turk:
Positive review writing.
* Use your best possible grammar and write in US English only
* [...]

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It’s experiment time once again.  I have received an offer from someone that you may have heard of.  He goes only by the name “busin3ss” and he has offered to let me test drive the new and improved [YACG] Mass Installer.
Sure, this isn’t exactly a white-hat tool, in fact, it allows you to create an [...]

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If you recall, earlier this month, we reported on a blogger who sold his Bankaholic blog to Bankrate for $15 million.
Now, it seems that our friends over at Black Hat World have uncovered a story indicating that this blogger may have been using some black hat tactics to generate backlinks to his site.
As we analyze [...]

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First things first.  I just got back from a two-week vacation at the beach with my wife and kids and I’ve never felt better.  I can’t remember the last time I actually went away for two weeks straight…it felt great!
As soon as I got back, I got myself a new Sony VAIO so I could [...]

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Wow, as Jim Ross, my favorite WWE T.V. personality, would say…”Business is about to pick up.”
Two really big internet marketing products are hitting the streets and, now more than ever, it’s time to choose which color hat you want to wear.
White Hat
First up, there is Internet marketing Uncut from Tristan Bull.
This mega-pack uncovers the real [...]

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