I received an a-mail from a Mr. Vincent Isles of Daanbantayan. He says:
“I’m just an ordinary citizen from the fourth district.
“My problem with Mr. Lastimosa (or to the online poser who is acting as
Mr. Lastimosa) stemmed from my inability to register the names of Cebu
towns which he (or the poser) had registered at blogspot.com, forcing
me to buy my own domain for some promotional activities I wanted to do
for some of these towns (esp. Daanbantayan, from where I came).
“Two months ago I spent time tracking all the domains spammed in the
name of Mr. Lastimosa. The results are presented here:
http://leodontspam.pbwiki.com
“Please note esp. the blogs owned by user “Sugbu” at blogspot.com.
“Respectfully yours
Vincent S. Isles”
If you click the link http://leodontspam.pbwiki.com you will find that practically every name or word that is associated with Cebu has been registered as a domain by a Mr. Leo Lastimosa.
The object, apparently, is to “bump” Mr. Lastimosa’s name up search engine results whenever somebody searches “Cebu” or anything related to Cebu.
Try googling “pinamungajan cebu”, for instance, and you’ll find “Leo Lastimosa Pinamungajan” among the top five search results.
When you click “Leo Lastimosa Pinamungajan”, however, you’re redirected to a page which is not about Pinamungajan, or anything even remotely related to Pinamungajan, but to a blog (presumably belonging to Mr. Lastimosa) containing Mr. Lastimosa’s columns in The Freeman and his commentaries over dyAB.
I have to admit that if I were in the shoes of someone desperately seeking information about Pinamungajan, I’d feel I’d been taken for a ride. No wonder Mr. Isles calls it “spamming”. It’s no different from getting unwanted e-mail selling “penis enlargers” or “sex enhancement pills”. It’s shameless promotion (or, if this is Mr. Lastimosa’s handiwork, self-promotion) to an unsuspecting public.
Yes, it’s spamming, but it’s also squatting. I believe no one should register a domain name unless he has a reasonable claim to the name. So let’s call it “squamming”.
When I checked out the list of domains registered with his name I couldn’t help but laugh, and the reason being.. I didn’t realize they would spend so much to ensure top search engine positions.But yes their strategy is a method of gaming the search engines, or manipulating or taking advantage of some loop holes in a search engine’s algorithm for the purpose of ranking well.This practice is certainly frowned upon and the consequences harsh, when the search engines catch on. You see, the search engines top priority is to deliver to a user, the most relevant results, for the keyword phrases users are searching for. The very reason why their individual algorithms are even unique and top secret, for the purpose of giving the user the most relevant results to their query, that defines the integrity of a search engine. That is why when search engines learn about this, penalties are stiff.Roy SencioIncrease Website Traffic today. Get a free Website Traffic Check.
at least he’s trendy. hehe:http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20080328-126901/Cybersquatting-cases-on-the-rise
with all these squatting and spamming or your newly-coined word “squamming”…I can certainly imagine Leo SQUIRMING.
Hi, I’m a visitor from Japan!!I’ve been roaming around the world through the internet to find something new about Cebu.I mean I used to stay in Cebu for a year for studying English.As a reslut, I ‘m attracted by everything from Cebu when I was there. By the way, I have a web-blogs about Cebu, so please visit my site if you like!!Don’t angry at me what I wrote,,I just wanna know Cebu more!! Have Fun!!Nobu.Travel to Cebuセブ留学
Maybe Leo hired a SEO specialist. He want to market his name through the help of SEO Specialist who happen to be practicing black SEO
Lance, he want to market
Hi’s spamer.