Great example of why seo tools should be monitored closely

SEO tools discovered to insert links to sites without user's knowledge.
https://casparwre.de/blog/seo-scam/

This is just one example of why many tools should be used very carefully and why they should be monitored.

The same could be said for plugins, so if anyone knows of other tools, plugins or themes which have been known to have the same kinds of compromises or issues, let us know.

Be sure to obfuscate the url's, we do not want to give links to tools that are operated by bad guys.

Rick
Universal4

I could swear this was already published at GPWA, but perhaps it was on AGD.

Either way, yeah, I saw this and it is both scummy and brilliant at the same time.

And it goes to show that black-hat still works!

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Originally Posted by PROFRBcom

I could swear this was already published at GPWA, but perhaps it was on AGD.

Either way, yeah, I saw this and it is both scummy and brilliant at the same time.

And it goes to show that black-hat still works!

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I posted it in the thread about HTML table plugins; https://www.gpwa.org/forum/best-plug...tml#post958078

I often use different generators and code cleaners because i can't code and i don't know really what's wrong and how it should be, so such tools for me are helpful. However, you need to keep an eye on what they add to a generated code before putting on your site. It was a time ago, but suddenly some weird gif-banner started to appear on my site, i thought WTF... Then i discovered that they added this gif into an HTML table code and its started popping up hehe...

Then I removed some pieces of the code and all was good.

So if anyone uses similar stuff, don't just blindly copy and paste it to your site.

Hey Rick!

Thanks for sharing!

I see the similar stuff once. And I agree that all tools must be attentively checked.

I apologize, I must have used incorrect search string before I posted the above, but good to be careful regardless.

I would never knowingly use an app that has already been verified to cheat against unsuspecting users, whether there is a workaround or not.

Rick
Universal4