Aubrey Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) http://www.blogservicesinc.org/ I got an email from them that is either great news or (more likely--I'm 90% cynic & 9% skeptic, lol) a phishing scam. I've googled, though, & haven't found the obvious stuff I usually find. :bigear: Edited December 3, 2011 by Aubrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Link here. Igot an email from them that is either great news or (more likely--I'm 90% cynic & 9% skeptic, lol) a phishing scam. I've googled, though, & haven't found the obvious stuff I usually find. :bigear: Could you post the link in its entirety? :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Could you post the link in its entirety? :tongue_smilie: :confused: I just clicked on it, & it's working for me. Do you mean something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 :confused: I just clicked on it, & it's working for me. Do you mean something else? Yeah :lol:. I don't want to click on a suspicious site without at least seeing the url. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbollin Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 to see the url without clicking on it, you can hover your mouse over the link and look at the bottom of your screen then you can put that url into search engine and find out links such as... all I can find is the same question being asked http://www.foodbloggersofcanada.com/forums/topic/blog-services-inc/ http://www.dnforum.com/f77/blog-services-inc-thread-468903.html and this site seems to be in the 100% against it crowd http://www.wine-blog.org/index.php/2011/10/19/the-latest-trend-in-marketers-not-pr-people-but-marketers-going-after-bloggers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Yeah :lol:. I don't want to click on a suspicious site without at least seeing the url. :001_huh: Oh. I see! I'm sorry--that's how I've always seen other people do it, so I thought it was just more convenient for people that way. Duh, though--of course you don't want to click on mystery link if I'm worried about it being legit! :lol: I'm fixing it in the OP. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 to see the url without clicking on it, you can hover your mouse over the link and look at the bottom of your screen That's awesome! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 to see the url without clicking on it, you can hover your mouse over the link and look at the bottom of your screen then you can put that url into search engine and find out links such as... all I can find is the same question being asked http://www.foodbloggersofcanada.com/forums/topic/blog-services-inc/ http://www.dnforum.com/f77/blog-services-inc-thread-468903.html and this site seems to be in the 100% against it crowd http://www.wine-blog.org/index.php/2011/10/19/the-latest-trend-in-marketers-not-pr-people-but-marketers-going-after-bloggers/ Ah...just read to the end of the wine blog (after posting). Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 It is a marketing ploy -- not specifically a scam, but definitely not above board. This was being discussed at length on a private writer's forum I frequent. There are others out there using similar tactics to implant marketing onto blogs. They all ask for the same link-privilege. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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