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[jimmy]

I wonder if this is the cheekiest person in the world ever? This guy - 'Ben Austin' from EZATMS hired a company to spam links to his companies website and now google have recognised this correctly as spam and have punished them by lowering their google rank.

So Ben wrote to me to request I remove the spam he paid someone to put on my website!

I replied (below) and then a further two times to ask him for a response which he's simply ignored. I figure since it's about the cheekiest thing I've ever seen in my life - Spamming me and then demanding I remove it - he and his spamming company ezatms (they make ATM cash machines, I guess) deserve to be 'outed' since an apology wasn't forthcoming.


If you hate spammers then feel free to send spammer [email protected] an email to let him know. [email protected] and [email protected] probably deserve some attention also.


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From: [email protected]
Subject: Link Removal Request
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:54:02 -0700

Dear Webmaster,


I am the Director of Online Marketing www.ezatms.com.

We would like to bring the following to your attention -


Sometime in the past, an employee of ours had hired a company providing SEO services. They have placed links on your website, which Google has treated as "unnatural". Consequently, our website has got penalized and there was a huge drop in our rankings. The following are examples in this regard -

http://www.oople.com/Forums/member.php?u=7492

We have severed connections with the SEO Company some time ago and they no longer represent us or do any work on our behalf.

Please remove these links from your website at your earliest convenience so that our site will cease to be punished. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated as it will enable us to get back to focusing on our customers' needs, as opposed to worrying about whether they can find us online.


Thank you again for you attention to this matter.

Ben Austin
Director of Online Marketing
www.ezatms.com
[email protected]



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To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Link Removal Request!
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:06:27 +0100

So, basically Ben what you're saying is that you've employed a company to spam my forum - which has resulted in your google ranking going down, and now you want me to remove the link you employed someone to put onto my website?
Is that a fair summary?

I'm wondering why the tone of your email says 'Please remove these links' - which sounds a little like a demand rather than an apologetic request.

As a forum owner I have to deal with a lot of spam, paid for, seemingly by companies like yourself who foolishly believe they're promoting their wares. Thankfully Google recognise this sort of criminal action and punish those responsible.

Perhaps you can understand why I might be slightly bemused that I have to ban HUNDREDS of spammers - and spend many hours of my time on this over the years - only for an admitted spammer to contact me requesting the removal of such spam.

If you will apologise to me it will be a good start and perhaps a donation via paypal to the running of my website would make me feel a lot better about the situation and enthused to remove said links?

I work in a similar role to yourself and quite honestly I would feel embarassed if this was a situation I was having to deal with - I would certainly express a lot more humility and regret.

Thanks for your time, I've spent a further 20 minutes writing to you because you spammed my forum.

Jimmy
www.oople.com



Below are a few nice links just like the ones ben asked me to remove.

atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
atm company
mobile atm
atm machine
I hate spammers and companies that think they can get away with paying someone to spam forums to increase their profile. I think [email protected] would like to hear from similar non-spam fans.