Turning Down the Blackhat of Facebook

On 11.13.09, In Facebook, by admin

Facebook, as one of the most popular forms of connecting with others, has recently been abused and misused by those who take true marketing for granted. If you are on Facebook, then making sure you watch out for those that use black hat marketing to get more followers and to make money off the system is essential to make sure your profile doesn’t become taken advantage of.

Many who are working in black hat marketing on the Internet, are doing so because having more activity toward specific sites or profiles can make money. However, this is something that search engines don’t like and which can lead to specific problems.

When the black hat marketers made their way to Facebook, they began to take away the genuine nature of this program. Usually, they will create profiles and different accounts to gather friends. Most will range from 20 – 50 new accounts per day with false identities online. Most will go to a public area where several computers are available to register different IPs for each of the profiles. They will then use the find feature to gather as many friends as possible while finding emails that can be spammed and adding in different profile features to gather money by having you as a connection.

If you are on Facebook, then you want o make sure that you find others that are your true friends. Knowing the potential that many are reaching with black hat marketing through this site can help you to make a wiser decision with who you become friends with.

Please feel free to share any stories you have had about black hat profiles on Facebook, including seeing your own picture to “add as a friend.”