greektomi - 6:24 pm on Mar 21, 2002 (gmt 0)

Interesting thread...

Most (if not all) beginners guides to marketing on the web mention posting to newsgroups and msg boards as a good way to get free targeted traffic. Here's a quote from a book I bought about a year ago (real world book) called "Low Cost Website Promotion" and no I didn't write it :)

Promoting through newsgroups has a great many benefits, making your time spent worthwhile. It will ultimately drive a great deal of traffic to your website

It then goes on at length about posting strategy.

And of course internet marketing books and articles always tell you to use a SIG file on every post.

I have found some quality sites via SIG files from knowledgable posters. Were they spamming? In some form probably.

Like spam email, msg board spamming will never die. If someone is doing it on your board and screwing it up then ban them. If your not %100 sure than I would leave it alone. I'd hate to be wrong or wronged.

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Greektomi