The SEO Spammers Behind Online Infographics

jfruh writes "Over the past couple of years, you may have noticed a rash of often high-quality infographics by third parties appearing on your favorite websites. These images are offered to Web publishers free of charge, with the only request being a link back to the creator's own site. But when one blogger got an odd email from a the creator of infographic he put on his site two years ago, he did some digging and discovered that he had inadvertently helped some shady characters do SEO spamming."

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[Omestes]

Is /. even an internet force anymore?

I kind of doubt it. I hardly see any of the old people anymore, and most comments are by people with 7 digit UIDs, and the quality has suffered pretty greatly (both in stories, and in comments). Hell, I used to have Slashdot as my homepage, and checked it many times a day. Now, I might visit once a week, and probably won't bother commenting, since I'm sure someone will call me a commie, or a "rethuglican" or something equally puerile. Even if the topic has nothing to do with politics (don't like the new kernel, Obama-voting fascist scum!"