Comments on: How I Uncovered Criminal Activity During an SEO Audit

By: Eugene Rivera

Eugene Rivera — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:37:23 +0000

Hey Alan, thanks for your post. I have always been interested in computer forensics. It’s good to know that somebody is looking out for others that pay no interest whatsoever to those kind of situation. Some people have no feelings for others when it comes to take something out of you and then they take advantage. The one thing I feared is those people that change your affiliate codes to theirs and take your commissions.

By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:39:05 +0000

In reply to Mark Pilatowski.

some people are afraid of the rabbit hole. Personally, I enjoy the ride, as time consuming as it can be.

By: Mark Pilatowski

Mark Pilatowski — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:29:50 +0000

Wow. Great post Alan. It’s always interesting to travel down those rabbit holes and finding unexpected things like this when conducting an audit. I’ve never encountered anything as insidious as this but I have found some astounding issues when conducing site audits/
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By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:24:28 +0000

In reply to Leslie Strickland.

You’re welcome Leslie. It was beyond time consuming. but heck – I get paid to do that when needed. So no complaints here!

By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:23:39 +0000

In reply to Dana DiTomaso.

sites were taken down. beyond that I am not permitted to discuss any other actions that took place. #JustTheMessengerWhoFoundIt #HadToDocumentEverythingIFound

By: Leslie Strickland

Leslie Strickland — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:11:40 +0000

Awesome post. Saw the post on Twitter and the title just got me. The rest of the post – equally as enthralling. I can’t imagine having found that out, but kudos for handling it well! I haven’t thought about looking thoroughly at the legitimacy of a site like that. Good advice and great experience. Thanks for sharing.

Leslie

By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:21:34 +0000

In reply to Jeff Quipp.

glad you enjoyed it Jeff

By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:21:05 +0000

In reply to Don Rhoades.

LOL – I have never actually watched the Wire – maybe I should go check out some reruns!

Interestingly enough, the technique was one I picked up at a meditation retreat.

By: Dana DiTomaso

Dana DiTomaso — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:16:14 +0000

Great article! What ended up happening with the scraped sites? Was the client able to take action?
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By: Don Rhoades

Don Rhoades — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:20:32 +0000

Thanks for sharing Alan! Great insight for us all.

“If you got soft eyes, you can see the whole thing. If you got hard eyes – you staring at the same tree missing the forest”. Detective Bunk Moreland ~ The Wire
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