Saturday, December 29, 2007

How a Spoof Website Grabbed 3217 Email Addresses in a Matter of Weeks

The crazy notion rattling around in a disordered dream finally forced me out of bed at 2.45am. I staggered to my computer, knocked out a sketchy to-do list, and crawled back bleary-eyed to my pit.

Six hours later I set about my task and here is what I did…

1. First I checked in at searchenginewatch.com to review the most popular keywords of the day.

2. Then I visited Google Zeitgeist where an unlikely keyword phrase was ranking at No.2 in the Top 15.

3. Next I wrapped some text around the keyword phrase, peppered it with a few similar keywords; enough text in all to form a mini web page.

4. Now I set up a spoof site and tagged it to an existing URL.

5. I broke up the text with a form; compliments of responders.co View the rest of this article


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