[pchelpers] Re: Strange URL links
- From: Eric Furman <dabaric@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 22:24:37 +1300
John
After reading your response I plugged Google with "keyword stealing" and
came up with an article about smart tags, which is what this is, at
http://www.completeresults.com/archives/smart-tags.html. The second
article, dated Aug 2001, of this newsletter/ezine explains what this pest
is. Now - how do we stop this underhand, stealthy development? It appears
that KaZaa is using this technology extensively - the technology that
Microsoft originally developed - according to this newsletter/ezine.
Anybody scratched up more recent news about this?
Eric
At 08:23 p.m. 2/02/2004, you wrote:
>This has some spooky reminders to it. Wasn't there an issue a couple of
>years ago regarding keyword stealing on websites? It sounded a lot like
>this. Other people steal your site visitors by diverting them using the
>words in your own content. can anyone remember it?
>
>Eric Furman wrote:
>
> >Hi Everyone
> >I have noticed these last two days that every now and then a word or words
> >present with an orange underline. When I pass my cursor over these, a
> >little window opens with a description of a URL which is live and, if
> >clicked on, takes you to a website.
> >My question is how do I get rid of this bothersome thing? and where did it
> >come from?
> >I am building a website and the programs I downloaded are Namo Web Editor
> >Trial, ZoneAlarm and StopZilla. Can either of these be the culprit or did I
> >"pick up'" a script in my surfing?
> >Can anyone explain.
> >Best wishes
> >Eric
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