For those who haven't heard of it, XRumer is software that automates link building by submitting links to blogs and forums. As with most short cuts, XRumer was successful at one point, but I'm forced to question its value these days. Of course, I'm questioning its effectiveness without having ever used it, but I did receive this blog comment not too long ago…
There's just one problem. This comment was caught by Akismet and automatically flagged as spam. Hmmm…
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Programs are beat. I would never keep a comment listed that didn't apply and or add something to the post, which simply isn't possible with a program. If you are going to use someone's site for a link, the least you can do is actually read their article.
Automated link building seems like a total waste of time, money and energy to me. Sure it's tempting, but the search engines have this tactic in their radar on a constant basis, so you would always be fighting against multi-billion dollar organizations just to get some easy links. It seems that all automated link tools die out pretty quickly.
Automated link building is a sure way of getting your self in trouble. Do not do it.
The software had its uses a long time ago but a lot of search engines are getting very wise to spammy comments and titles so i would stay clear now
F*ing people who spam without even a remote chance of targeting forums that are their target market. Noobs.
We just got spammed today by someone asking/requesting Xrumer 5.0 Look, sure generating buzz and getting link backs is important to anyone doing business online. But you have to give value FIRST. Putting in that extra couple of minutes of thought behind a comment, like contributing piece of advice or a tip is the way to do it.
The rest is just gimmicks with a diminishing rate of return, and like SEO Rabbitt says, eventually detrimental to you. I certainly mark spam into Askimet things that don't contribute to our posts. Get enough people hating your marketing efforts and your traffic is going just as fast as it went up.
That could just be because there was a link included in the comment. There really isn't any need for that though, I bet if there was no link it wouldn't be marked as spam. Plus, there are thousands of websites that don't have akismet/allow comments automatically, and etc…
This is great for spammy adsense blogs and other stuff..(I forgot what I was going to say)
I don't think Xrumer is any good these days. Similarly trackbackspider died a couple of years ago. Spam comments also harm the reputation of a website or company.
Hmmm
If Xrumer is so bad why does one very well known traffic expert have 20 versions of it running on his servers.
Off course some of these comments will get flagged as spam but its all a numbers game.
John I agree with you seems like a lot of people just don't want some people to get into the game…. you are correct it is a number game. I seen a comment about getting in trouble, I am not sure what type of trouble you can get in… please tell me what is against the law about using the software now it may be blackhat an unethical but most webmasters are in the gray area when they think they are whitehat.
My two cents it still works….
Programs are beat. I would never keep a comment listed that didn't apply and or add something to the post, which simply isn't possible with a program. If you are going to use someone's site for a link, the least you can do is actually read their article."
I simply can't agree more with you, its just very pitty to see how they try to sell the product, If it is so good, why don't they make a website with billions of backlinks and even rank top #1 for the word google ?
I guess they're tool will be off market soon, so they are trying to get as much sales as possible.
Xrumer is still a very valuable automated posting tool. Only people who are not associated with it can question it's effectiveness. There are many ways to dynamically control tens of thousands of links to any given website, spread all throughout the web. I will not get into the tips and tricks here, but I can say that I have two servers running it 24/7.
This program has a tremendous learning curve and little public knowledge about it. This is why people are claiming that it is dead, etc. Simply stated, they do not know how to use it. Xrumer alone will not get you into the top ten with search engines and will certainly get your site flagged if not used correctly. However by using the proper doorway system, you can steadily push your site up through the ranks, generate traffic and sales with the program. Everything works good in moderation and key to this program is in the list of urls that you feed into it. The reality is that there is over 10 million forums, guestbooks, blogs and comment sections on the web. Many of those are dormant and unmoderated. Finding them is one of the many keys.
Also Askimet is garbage and cannot effectively defeat xrumer, especially when it isn't even taking a slice of the pie (10,000,000 opportunities). The key to posting links is doing it in a stealth mode where it goes unnoticed by mods and whomever else. The search engines do take notice of my tactics however!
Oh and Web Designer in DC, spamming links is spamming links, no matter how you do it. If doing it all manually is what you like and you actually think that writing a perfect response makes it all better then more power to you. But, rather than surf the web like a monkey looking for link spots, I have gotten 89 successful link posts and private messaged hundreds of members in the time that it took me to type this message. Can you say the same?
Dead? I think not… Look at my post ^^^^ I don't need the piddly link!