The SphinnBot

Posted by Edward Lewis, aka pageoneresults™
SEO Consultants Directory System Administrator
Orange County, California | United States

Auto Voting at Sphinn

During my first day at Sphinn, that What's New list was of great interest for me. I like that real time environment along with being able to see what the latest happenings are around the industry. I did notice a few anomalies taking place at specific times of the day with that What's New list. In fact, my activity during those times tripped up the auto voting process for this particular username. How did I do that? I'll explain that in another topic discussing what I feel caused the SphinnBot to Snnitch on its owner(s).

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Community Disrespect
Sphinn's #1 Auto Voter is...
Sphinner Stats for bhartzer
2008-07-19 - bhartzer (This account has been terminated.)
bhartzer Auto Voting Activity | 2008-07-18 | 2008-07-17 | 2008-07-16
I CALL YOU OUT!
2008-07-18 at 11:40 - The Sphinn Story
2008-07-18 at 17:50 - No Sphinn Love for Dave Davies
2008-07-19 at 17:50 - Still No Sphinn Love for Dave Davies
More HOOVERs
SphinnBot Activity for merkal2008
New Improved Sexier SphinnBots
What's Next? - Social Media Profiles
AutoPligg - Auto Submission Software for Sphinn

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Community Disrespect

Some of you reading this are thinking, dude, that's not right, this doesn't need to be published like this. I agree, and it shouldn't have to come to this. But, since being terminated on 2008-07-17 and, after making mention of this multiple times during my seven (07) day stay, the auto voting continues without a blip. Since there appears to be no action being taken from the Sphinn Staff, we'll do it for them.

From my perspective, this person is "totally disrespecting" the Sphinn Community, the Sphinners themselves and the creators of the Pligg platform. This person has basically "muscled" their way through the community and has become the top Auto Voter on Sphinn. As of 2008-07-18 at 09:30 PDT, the person with the most Sphinns is bhartzer with 13,293 Sphinns to date.

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Sphinn's #1 Auto Voter as of 2008-07-18

Top 5 Sphinners

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Sphinner Stats for bhartzer

Let's take a look at the Sphinner Stats for bhartzer as of 2008-07-18 at 14:15 PDT. < Note, I just updated these Sphinner Stats for bhartzer. I've been erasing the identities of those in the Profile Recently Viewed By: section. Not this time I'm not! Thank you evilgreenmonkey for at least looking into this.

bhartzer Sphinner Stats

36 Sphinns This person joined right around the time I did and they have 13,293 Sphinns to their credit. You know, I am literally addicted to this stuff and I don't think I could have Sphunn my way to that many Sphinns in 371 days. At that rate, I'd be averaging 36 Sphinns per day. While that is possible and likely in a high volume voting environment, it isn't the case in this particular instance, not based on the numbers I've shown here.

In fact, the bhartzer SphinnBot far exceeds the top "Real Sphinners" within the community. I mean, we are talking a 251% difference between the bhartzer and DoshDosh profiles (note DoshDosh is a Top Sphinnfluencer)! And, these statistics are available for all Sphinners to see. This is not something that is behind closed doors. If this isn't an obvious auto voting process, I will eat every byte of code on this page!

bhartzer (This account has been terminated.)

Update 2008-07-19 - It appears that the Sphinn Staff have taken my research seriously. Guess what?

Dude, that SUCKS! It happened to me too on 2008-07-16.

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bhartzer Auto Voting Activity

2008-07-18 at 09:15 PDT 16 Sphinns and counting...

Top 35 Search Agency Websites
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Here's How India Can Be Good for Your Links
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Is a Search Engine’s Homepage Layout Key to It's Success?
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How to search for words ending with me or any other domain name extensions
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Success Principles As Seen By My Readers
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WTF, Wordpress?
Posted By: Snoskred 13 hours ago
Managing Your Reputation in a Social Space
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Google Loses $13 Billion Overnight… Again!
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Social Media 101: How to Get Business Involved
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SEO is About Communication
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Watching GoDaddy’s Avalanche of Destruction in Real Time on Twitter
Posted By: JstaTad 19 hours ago
“Just Throw It Up” is Not Sound Strategy for Social Media Marketing
Posted By: ViperChill 20 hours ago
The Ultimate Guide To Decoding Digg Speak
Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 9:01 pm
Improving Your Skillset: Your Path to Becoming a Better Internet Marketer
Posted By: neyne 21 hours ago
Facebook Lexicon: Determine Social Keyword Activity
Posted By: websitemagazine 23 hours ago
The comScore m:metrics webinar - mobile stats revealed
Posted By: AndrewGirdwood 23 hours ago

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2008-07-17 - 57 Sphinns

Google To Test A Search Interface That Looks More Like Digg
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How to Block Obnoxious Digg Shouts
Posted By: LtDraper 1 day 16 minutes ago
Social Responsibility and the Small Business
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Pligg Latest Submitted Story Module v0.1 Released
Posted By: LincolnHawks 1 day 59 minutes ago
21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky
Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 5:40 pm
Pay Per Click Campaign
Posted By: vhans09 1 day 1 hour 30 minutes ago
Where in the World is the SEO Talent?
Went Hot: July 18, 2008 - 6:22 am
Why Microsites Are Weakening Your SEO Results
Posted By: mpilatow 1 day 2 hours 23 minutes ago
Canonical URLs, SEO and .htaccess
Posted By: welshy 1 day 2 hours 28 minutes ago
3 Types Of Blogs That Totally Suck
Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 12:42 pm
Link Building for Big Brands
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.Me and .Pro Domains to Go on Sale
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How to Hit the Frontpage of StumbleUpon
Went Hot: July 18, 2008 - 6:48 am
Troubleshooting Your Copy - Is it Time to Change or Not? Part 1 of 4
Posted By: karon 1 day 3 hours ago
Luv Plus DoFollow Equal Unlimited Link Love
Posted By: freesecrets 1 day 4 hours ago
Online SEO Tools - the Ultimate Collection
Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 6:17 am
The Search Engine Ecosystem: You get what you pay for
Posted By: saurav.verma 1 day 5 hours ago
Google Doing Major Updates in its SERP’s ?
Posted By: ankitrawat 1 day 6 hours ago
Google accused of ad fraud over AdWords on parked domains
Posted By: onreact 1 day 6 hours ago
Google 2.0 Goes Social: Is This The Future Of Search?
Posted By: onreact 1 day 7 hours ago
Do B2B Marketers Really Need a Blog ?
Posted By: ankitrawat 1 day 9 hours ago
iPhone Maps, GPS, local search results and mobile advertising
Posted By: christof 1 day 9 hours ago
Secret Google Factor Revealed: It's in the Moon
Posted By: ANOnym 1 day 12 hours ago
Rankings Are Not Enough - Creating the Consumer Confidence to Sell
Posted By: aussieseo 1 day 12 hours ago
How To Pick A Kickass Domain Name
Went Hot: July 16, 2008 - 7:58 pm
Google Continues To Test A Search Interface That Looks More Like Digg Every Day
Posted By: hugoguzman 1 day 14 hours ago
10 Most Basic SEO Copywriting Rules
Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 6:09 pm
Tips For Outsourcing Link Building
Posted By: Webnauts 1 day 14 hours ago
Social Media Is Always Changing - Are You?
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How to Create Digg-Friendly Content: Cracked.com’s Template
Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 6:35 pm
Must Have WordPress Plugins For Newbies
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Social Media Cash Grab
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90+ Great Articles From the Past Year
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This is Why I Love Plurk (And Why You Should Too)
Posted By: DavidWallace 1 day 17 hours ago
The ABCs of Search Engine Optimization: 26 Terms You Need To Know
Posted By: jazspin 1 day 17 hours ago
Www or no www?
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Why I’m Postponing My Honeymoon for SMX Local & Mobile
Posted By: BrysonMeunier 1 day 18 hours ago
Social News - Is It Really Social?
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Google Maps and YP - Comparing Oranges To…Tangerines
Posted By: MiriamEllis 1 day 18 hours ago
Google gives more info Behind Google Rankings
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The Economics of Success (Or How To Launch A New Site Per Aaron and Giovanna Wall)
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7 Cheats for Hitting The Front Page of Digg
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Regulating Online Identity Theft
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Is Google Planning to Dominate Its Own Search Results?
Posted By: GabeH 1 day 22 hours ago
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Posted By: mpilatow 1 day 22 hours ago
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50 Ways to use Social Media, listed by Objective
Posted By: semanjoe 1 day 23 hours ago
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Posted By: maxthomas 1 day 23 hours ago

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2008-07-16 - 27+ Sphinns

15 Signs an SEO Girl Likes You
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The Positives of Negativity
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Search is Growing, But Not All Engines | Search Marketing Sage
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Google Adwords: The Better You Get The Worse It Gets
Posted By: JstaTad 2 days ago
Search ads vs. landing pages: a visual metaphor
Posted By: meganion 2 days ago
Optimizing For Hyphenated Words - What to Expect?
Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 7:23 am
Does Matt Cutts have a URL canonicalisation problem?
Posted By: Gab 2 days ago
Taylor Pratt: Search Blogger of The Day
Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 5:58 am
How To Write Persuasive, Orgasmic Online Sales Copy
Posted By: marketinglearning 2 days ago
What do sex, permission marketing & social media have in common?
Posted By: SexySEO 2 days ago
Reputation Management for Teenagers?
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Google Sued For Quality Of Ads On AdSense for Domains
Posted By: timcohn 2 days ago
Can CafePress save us from our day jobs? | Tony Lopes
Posted By: TonyLopes 2 days ago
The Duke Ellington Guide to Copy That Swings
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Twitter more popular in UK than US, traffic up 485% already this year
Posted By: rgoad 2 days ago
Yahoo Directory bug lets you see your competitors clients
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Jon in 60 Seconds: 5 New Web Services I Can’t do Without
Posted By: livecell 2 days ago
Google Experimental Search hoax less likely
Posted By: ChrisLang 2 days ago
Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising: It’s about Traffic that Engages and Converts: Not Impressions, Clicks, or even Click-Through Rates (CTR)
Posted By: evision 2 days ago
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Posted By: genuwine4532 2 days ago
5 Copywriter Lessons From AC/DC
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Better Ranking in Google Organic Search Results : Simple way of life
Posted By: arunsubru 2 days ago
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Posted By: arunsubru 2 days ago
Test Your Page Load Time Before Google Tests it For You
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Posted By: ViperChill 2 days ago
An Open Letter to SEO Bloggers: Back up Your Statements!
Posted By: ViperChill 2 days ago
... There are about 13,000+ after this.

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I CALL YOU OUT!

Admin Note: Hmmm, bhartzer, I am very familiar with that username from my tenure in this industry (1996-2008). I believe I "used" to have a balanced level of respect for you. At this point, you're on my Blacklist with no respect whatsoever, zero, nada, zilch! If Sphinn were my community and you muscled your way in like that, your account would have been terminated long ago and, I'd find a way to block access to "all Third Door Media properties" from your logged IPs and anyone else from your company, guilt by association.

DUDE, YOU'RE A HOOVER! You're sucking Sphinn for your own gain and not really giving anything back to the community. Is that what Sphinn is all about? That doesn't change the fact that you are still a HOOVER for automating the process!

YOU DON'T DESERVE to be a member of that community because you've given very little in return. All you've done is disrupt the voting process and have skewed the numbers considerably. Oh, and there are a few others involved in the process too.

THAT IS TOTAL DISRESPECT and I will enjoy putting you and many of the other SphinnBots on the carpet here over the next week or so starting with the major abusers first.

Here is bhartzer's view on Sphinning at Sphinn
In this article, he says that Internet Marketers don't get Social Networking. Here is a direct quote from the article...
"And oh yeah, have you seen the “who Sphunn this” link on the Sphinn pages? Wow, that's a link back to your profile. In fact, those are links back to your profile. I guess you could actually say that there are probably 10,427 links back to my profile page on Sphinn.

Update: Someone pinged me through one of my anonymous contact methods. I've been asked if I would like to review a program that "may" be used for auto voting within this type of social platform. Of course I would! You asked me to let you know via these pages, I'M LETTING YOU KNOW!

If there is anyone else that wants and/or needs to "show me" something, drop me a contact request or ping me whichever way you know how, let's talk soon. NDA: Yes, any information shared with me that you tell me not to publish will not be published. My peers (Friends) will tell you that I am a man of my word. Honor amongst peers. We be down like four flat tires. I've got your back, you've got my back, friends.

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The Sphinn Story

The SphinnBot - Auto Voting at Sphinn
Posted on 2008-07-18 at 11:40 PDT
by Dave Davies aka beanstalk from Beanstalk Expert SEO Services

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No Sphinn Love for Dave Davies

2008-07-18 at 17:50 - Poor Dave Davies, the guy can't get no Sphinn Love, what is up with that?

The SphinnBot - Auto Voting at Sphinn

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Still No Sphinn Love for Dave Davies

2008-07-19 at 17:50 - Poor Dave Davies, the guy still can't get no Sphinn Love. Unfortunately based on how that What's New list and how the Network functions, this one may never see the light of day. This would be typical of any topics that may reveal challenges at Sphinn.

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More HOOVERs

2008-07-18 at 15:50 PDT - Stay tuned, I'm preparing information on SphinnBot #2 at this moment.

merkal2008 is next. This is the turkey from Turkey running a SphinnBot who appears to still be active and also had a previous username of merkal2005 that was terminated. Was that the previous version?

merkal2008 Sphinner Stats

SphinnBot Activity for merkal2008

0-22 Sphinns Due to my "active" involvement with the What's New list at specific time frames, I tripped up the merkal2008 SphinnBot in these particular instances. When viewing the merkal2008 Profile Sphinns Tab, you'll see these three topic references which I "Reported as Spam". The merkal2008 SphinnBot just happened to be Sphinning all topics on the What's New list at the same time and after I spent all that time zeroing out Sphinns and "Reporting as Spam" and "Desphinning" like a maniac, this stupid bot comes in and brings them all back to one. And then, another stupid bot comes in and tags another, making them two. I just couldn't keep up with them.

By the way, this particular Sphamm "I believe" came in from the Indiann Network which I think is quite obvious. I don't need to have backend access to make that assumption. I'd be looking real close at that itacumen reference in The Smoking Gunn document as the source behind this.

SphinnBot Snnitchedon

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New Improved Sexier SphinnBots

The above are the previous versions of the DumbUgly SphinnBots. There is a new advanced version that comes in various flavors. I'm not 100% certain just yet, but I do believe this is one of them...

Oh-Oh, guess what?!

Bummer! I think "she" got busted from another screenshot I posted showing "her" involvement in a Phoorsome. She also got busted in a Tripple Play. She was an attractive young lady and I can see why people were Sphinning her. That's foul play!

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The rupalik Phoorsome

rupalik Phoorsome

Social Media Profiles

Woo-hoo! Some have been asking me where I'm going to show up next in my Social Media Trailer Park Adventures. After seeing this list below, I'm not sure where to start. Anyone have any suggestions? How can someone have that many Social Media Profiles? Ever here of spreading yourself too thin? Or, is this how one builds their Social Media Empire? Please do opine...

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