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Norton antivirus support: Member 14079428 - Professional Profile[^]
Ooooo! Help for my antivirus problem from a dodgy link? I must try that!
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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Maybe if I try a "real name" I can get spam through: naren sharma - Professional Profile[^]
No - sod off.
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"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Uncomfortable Truth About Programming
He does have a few reasonable articles. I may just be trigger happy after yesterday's magic love festival.
I don't want to flag this as my flag is a hammer. One shot and he's gone.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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I'd say the older stuff is OK, but ... I grabbed a new one and that has the same link: Two Programming Mindset to Grow as Developer[^]
I'd say "Spam" myself (and voted that way on them both, plus him)
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Also pointing to related content on other websites (not the homepage) is considered 'spam'.
I am just curios.
-Umair
Muhammad Umair
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omeecode wrote: pointing to related content on other websites (not the homepage) is considered 'spam'.
Nope. But posting articles with multiple links to your own site can be considered "site-driving spam", because it looks like you're trying to "drive" more traffic to your site.
As always, the context matters. For example, a blog post which is part of a series, with links to other parts of the series on the source blog, would usually be OK. And content quoted from third-party sites would pretty-much always require a link to the source, to avoid accusations of plagiarism.
It's a complicated topic, which is why the system isn't completely automated, and also why Matthew posted this thread asking for other opinions.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I would like to know the meaning of 'site diving'. Providing a link at the end of article is consider site diving?
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It's like "Site Driving", but with Keyboarditis.
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Hmmm. What can I do to comply with the forum policy. Remove all the links or specific links.
Here is the link to updated article: Uncomfortable Truth About Programming[^]
There were two links. One was at the end of article that points to home page.
The second link was related to within the content that points to another article.
I have re-posted this article from my own website. Re-posting is according to codeproject rules and regulation. (Also provided original article URL)
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Send a message to Matthew (see start of this thread) and he will help you.
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Hey Griff,
I tried to write content that is valuable for the readers. I work hard to get them interested and educated until the end of my article. At the very last I gave them a related link to my website which they can follow if they like my content.
I believe, I earned it. That is how other website who allow guest post from authors.
Somehow, my latest article gave the impression of some 'site driving' spam. I didn't have that spammy intention. People don't read spammy article upto the end. They fly away after reading first 2 paragraph.
Anyway, I would like you to review your decision and upvote my article.
Thanks
Muhammad Umair
www.linesperday.com
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omeecode wrote: At the very last I gave them a related link to my website which they can follow if they like my content. And that's exactly what it is not allowed.
omeecode wrote: I believe, I earned it. Don't get me bad, but no. There are authors here who "earned" it much much more than you, and they don't do it.
omeecode wrote: I didn't have that spammy intention Then... delete the links
omeecode wrote: People don't read spammy article upto the end. They fly away after reading first 2 paragraph. You confuse things... people abort a crapy article in the second paragraph, one spammy article gets read until we find the links.
omeecode wrote: I would like you to review your decision and upvote my article. You should not worry about the downvotes. We all get them.
By the way... editing the one article starting this thread, asking for "review decision" and leaving all other articles with the link... is not helping at all.
You have the link in your biography, in your signature and in all articles you posted. It does really look as you were really looking for publicity.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Nelek, Great insights.
I was qouting the down votes given by some of the reviewers here based upon the assumptions of a spammy article.
I do care about the down votes given by real readers or the readers for whom the article was intended for. This is the reasons I deleted several of my articles that were disliked by my readers.
Also, link in the autobiography is permitted in code project rules after you earned certain reputation.(which I did). Beside that every other link in my articles is highly related.
Finally, I believe I have a different mind set for the term 'publicity'. I put a link for those readers who find the article great and at the end they really want to learn more( for that I put a link at the end).
I consider this as my obligation towards my readers. Many students has contacted me for help. Unfortunately on codeprojectit is considered spam.
Anyway, I look forward to writing more articles and helping students.
-Umair
Muhammad Umair
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