- Theater Chain Accused Of Violating Text-Spam Law
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 13, 2015
A recent mobile marketing campaign by the movie theater chain AMC Entertainment violated a federal text-spam law, a Minnesota resident alleges in a new lawsuit. "As part of their effo ...
- FTC Continues Crackdown On Companies Pitching Weight-Loss Miracles
Daily Online Examiner, Katy Bachman - Monday, May 4, 2015
If there's one thing for which Americans would love a quick fix, it's weight loss. And if there's one kind of scam the Federal Trade Commission pursues with a vengeanc ...
- Social Spam Plagues Social Networks
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, April 6, 2015
Despite ongoing efforts to address the problem, spam remains a thorn in the side of social leaders like Twitter and Facebook. Nearly 10% of all Twitter "users" who tweet ...
- Spam Score Metrics
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 3, 2015
Rand Fishkin offers details on how spam scores are calculated. Moz released a feature called Spam Score that helps to analyze link profiles and weed out span. He also te ...
- Blocking Traffic From Spam Referral Sites
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 19, 2015
There are two main reasons Marketers should block spam traffic from referring sites: corrupt analytics data, and server load and security. Jared Gardner explains both. He also provides a list of popular referr ...
- Microsoft's GroupMe Faces Appeal In Text-Spam Case
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 19, 2015
A consumer is appealing a decision that cleared Microsoft's group-messaging app GroupMe of violating a text-spam law by sending people unwanted SMS messages. Virginia resident Brian Glauser says GroupMe violat ...
- GroupMe Prevails In Text-Spam Battle
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Microsoft's group-messaging app service GroupMe has prevailed in a lawsuit accusing it of violating a federal law by using an automated dialer to send people unwanted SMS messages. ...
- Appeals Court Refuses To Revive Spam Lawsuit Against Kraft
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 5, 2015
Siding with Kraft Foods, a federal appellate court has affirmed a trial judge's dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the company by spam "litigation factory" Beyond Systems. ...
- Text-Spam Case Against Lyft Suspended Until FCC Weighs In
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 9, 2015
A federal judge said this week that she will await guidance from the Federal Communications Commission before continuing proceedings in a lawsuit centering on whether Lyft's "invite friends" feature violat ...
- Spam Words To Avoid
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Thursday, January 8, 2015
Most of us receive spam every day, says a new report from MailJet by Rad Penchev, sharing some of the most commonly seen spammer lingo to help you protect yoursel ...
- Uber Sued For Sending Unwanted Text Messages
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 5, 2015
Car service Uber has been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit accusing it of sending unwanted text messages to people's cell phones. Four individuals argue that Uber violated the Telepho ...
- Appeals Court Allows Text-Spam Case Against Path To Proceed
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Mobile social network Path can't immediately appeal a decision allowing a consumer to proceed with a potential class-action lawsuit over unwanted text messages, a panel of the 7th Circuit Cou ...
- Another Report Identifies Growing Bot Traffic
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, December 21, 2014
A report found that bot traffic volumes fell to 56%, from 60% in 2013, across of all Web visits. The steady drop in bots points to RSS services, per t ...
- Judge Refuses To Dismiss Text-Spam Lawsuit Against Yahoo
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 12, 2014
A federal judge has rejected Yahoo's argument that it's entitled to prevail before trial in a potential class-action lawsuit alleging that it sent consumers unsolicited SMS messages. The lawsuit ...
- Twitter Must Face SMS-Spam Lawsuit, Judge Rules
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 1, 2014
Twitter can't shake a lawsuit accusing it of violating an anti-spam law by sending text messages to recycled phone numbers. In a ruling issued last week, U.S. District Court Jud ...
- Appeals Court Weighs Yahoo's Responsibility For Unwanted SMS Messages
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 24, 2014
A Philadelphia man who allegedly received 27,000 unwanted text alerts from Yahoo asked an appellate panel on Friday to reinstate his lawsuit against the company. He said that Yahoo violat ...
- Judge Allows Path To Appeal Text-Spam Ruling
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 12, 2014
A federal judge has authorized Path to appeal a pro-consumer ruling in a battle over an unsolicited invitation to join the service. Path is accused of violating the Telephone Consum ...
- Yahoo Opposes Consumer's Bid To Revive Lawsuit Over SMS Messages
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Yahoo didn't run afoul of an anti-spam law by allegedly sending thousands of SMS messages to the wrong person, the company argues in new court papers. The company is aski ...
- Google's Dreaded Spammy Site Notice
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Rand Fishkin shows us a screenshot of a message someone received in their Google Webmaster Tools inbox about some links violating Google's Quality Guidelines. Although many site owners have receiv ...
- Federal Court Sides With Taco Bell Over Text Messaging
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 3, 2014
Siding with Taco Bell, a federal appellate court decided this week that the company isn't responsible for text messages that a mobile-marketing agency allegedly sent to consumers. The decision appea ...
- Path Wants Appeals Court To Scuttle Mobile-Spam Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 2, 2014
The mobile social network Path wants to immediately appeal a recent decision allowing consumers to proceed with a lawsuit accusing it of sending unsolicited text-message ads. ...
- Twitter Sued For Sending SMS Ads To Recycled Numbers
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 20, 2014
Twitter has been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit accusing it of violating an anti-spam law by sending texts messages to the wrong phone number. Twitter is accused of violati ...
- Landmark Spam Fine Ruling Against John Lewis
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, June 2, 2014
John Lewis has been ordered to pay damages after it was successfully prosecuted for sending unsolicited spam emails. The case, brought against the retailer by a Sky news producer, h ...
- Marketing Revolution Ahead As Era Of 'Explicit Opt-In' Looms Large
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Monday, June 2, 2014
As the John Lewis fine for spam shows, it's not okay to assume someone who doesn't say "no" to you is actually saying "yes." It's a huge issue because "explic ...
- Lyft Hit With SMS-Spam Lawsuit For 'Invite Friends' Program
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Ride-sharing service Lyft was hit with a potential class-action lawsuit for allegedly running an "aggressive marketing campaign" that sends people unwanted SMS messages. The complaint alleges that the marketing progr ...
- The Irony of Matt Cutts, Scrapper Sites, Twitter Backlash
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 28, 2014
Matt Cutts received backlash this week after announcing Google's reporting tool designed to make it easier for site and content owners to flag instances when scraped material ranks higher th ...
- Google's Cutts: Guest Blogging Too "Spammy"
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Matt Cutts, head of Google’s Web spam team, strongly suggests reconsidering your guest blogging strategy. “If you’re using guest blogging as a way to gain links in 2014, you shou ...
- How To Organize Short-Term Duplicate Content
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 9, 2014
Matt Cutts published a video telling publishers that distribute duplicate stories on different URLs that they can use the rel=canonical tag to consolidate PageRank, which he explains gets divided amo ...
- Marketing Groups Protest New FCC Mobile Spam Rules
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission should refrain from enforcing some of the new regulations aimed at preventing mobile spam, the Direct Marketing Association says in a petition to the agency. ...
- Social Spam Rose 355% In The First Half Of 2013
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 26, 2013
Social spam in Facebook, YouTube, Google+, Twitter and other sites grew 355% during the first six months in 2013 -- but only 15% contain a URL, making it easier ...
