New websites spamming off of larger web sites

I just had to vent a little as this irritates the he!! out of me. I dont know about anyone else here but in the last couple of days I received a lot of spam emails from these new "reptile classified" sites. STOP! I am not going to post the URL’s as I don’t want to advertise for them. All I can say is if you are starting a new classified site build it the old fashion way, by hard work. Not by being some lazy numbskull trying to steal traffic and advertisers from the sites that have earned it! I don’t mean to be rude but damn can’t anyone earn anything in this world any more. Rich never spammed any sites, Jeff never did so what is it with some of you other people with classified reptile sites? If your site is worth anything we will all find it in time, in the mean time stop spamming. Half these sites that spam absolutely suck, if they were worth a sh!t they wouldn’t have to spam people because they would get traveled as heavy as this one or kingsnake. So if your from one of those sites KNOCK IT OFF! I propose that we all get together on this one and boycott any sites that spams for traffic, what do ya’ll say? Sorry but that gets on my nerves.

You would think they would at least have approached me about advertising here. I made a decision a while back that I would not turn away someone just because they could be construed as competition for my own site. All I can say, is more power to them. As Jason stated, if a site has what people want, people will find them anyway.

Hmm, Jeff Barringer told me whom is behind that site, but darned if I can remember. Danged old age.............

Ive got it from 3 or 4 of these news sites lately, some through here some threw kingsnake, id post them but I dont want to advertise, the one I got tonight its no wonder they have to spam because the site SUCKS! but its been a bunch of differant ones lately

"these new sites" sorry post to fast

I'll boycott it... But, I probably don't go there anyway..... I usually just go here, k-snake, and frognet.

I'll boycott them, unless they have naked ladies.

One of them spammed here and spammed on RTB
bunch of us decided to boycott.
I would post a link to who they are.....but I boycotted so well I forget who they were.

Guess I am lucky to be an unknown, cause I haven't gotten any of the spam. Not that I want any.

The thing that bugs me the most about these companies doing the spamming is that the subject makes it look like someone actually interested in the animals I have posted for sale. I really need to sell what I have posted and I don't have time for this kinda crap. I open it up and wham, "We saw your ad and here's our free classified where you can expand the number of people who see your ad(like I need the owner of the site and the three other people that see it THAT bad). Good luck selling your snake." That is an example of one of 8 I've gotten in the last two days from the same company. All of them end by saying"Good luck selling your snake." Umm, guess if they cared enough they would know that out of the 3 or 4 ads they're spamming me on, only ONE has any snakes for sale in it.

Well, Cheers!
And like Jason said, if your site was worth its salt, you wouldn't be here trying to spam everyone to go to it. You would have customers there on their own.

Guess I spoke too soon, got a couple of cans, err I mean emails of spam alittle while ago.
Oh well, guess I knew it was gonna happen sooner or later.