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.
[...] I won't be buying Xrumer 5.0 - Marios Alexandrou quips about the quality of a comment spam software whose comment spam [presumably it's own] was caught by Akismet. Of course, it could just be a slander by a competing linkspamming software trying to take Xrumer's market share. [...]
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)