Comments on: Edenfantasys’s unethical technology is a self-referential black hole

By: The Moronosphere » It’s epic. It’s detailed. It’s devastating. And it’s hilarious

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:10:27 +0000

[...] better is the post that stirred all this, over at MayMay’s blog, Maybe [...]

By: Mantis23

Mantis23 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:26:49 +0000

Thank you for the response – I was just confused because I didn’t think I should be able to get to your actual blog, and post on it, by following links from EF, if they aren’t really linking to the external site they appear to link to. Maybe it only happens with some of their links…or…

By: maymay

maymay — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:46:58 +0000

Is it possible EF has stopped doing this self-referential thing (which I admit I don’t fully understand, as a layperson)?

Mantis, I just took another look right now and EF is still doing this sneaky "linklike" redirection. Remember, Mantis, that if you haven't disabled JavaScript in your browser then it will appear as though real links are working. They're not real links, though, as my post details, above. So if what you want to know is whether EF is still doing unethical things on the Internet, the answer is yes. What you choose to do with that knowledge is up to you. I, for one, have made my position on EdenFantasys clear.

By: Mantis23

Mantis23 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:10:06 +0000

Hi! I’m a bit confused, because I reached this blog post by following a link from the EdenFantasys website to read a full review on a locking toy box, which (apparently) took me to Toys for Tarts, and then another link to here. Would I have been able to get here, and post a comment, if I weren’t actually on the maybemaimed.com site? Is it possible EF has stopped doing this self-referential thing (which I admit I don’t fully understand, as a layperson)?

Thanks for helping me decide whether to continue purchasing from EF!

By: Backdoor access to your FetLife profile remained open permanently « Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:03:59 +0000

[...] If you already knew that you currently have little to no protection when using FetLife and you chose not to do anything differently in light of that—if you already knew the emperor is naked and you chose to pretend that he is clothed anyway—then, great! More power to your polite fiction! However, if you falsely believed you were secure because you were intentionally or accidentally misled, then I say shame on those who mislead you. [...]

By: Robert Miras

Robert Miras — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:08:32 +0000

Thank you for this thorough investigative information about EDENFANTASY ‘s unethical behavior.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:47:49 +0000

Haha wow this is amazing, SEX & SEO in one blog? I LOVE it!

By: maymay

maymay — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:13:02 +0000

So what’s with the nofollow links on these comments? Seems a bit pot and kettle.

No, it's not, Tony.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:32:36 +0000

“EdenFantasys’s publishing platform has effectively outsourced the task of “link farming” (a questionable Search Engine Marketing [SEM] technique) to sites with which they have “an ongoing relationship,” such as AlterNet.org, other large news hubs, and individual bloggers’ blogs.”

Google seem to be getting better at filtering and are evolving all the time. To the best of my knowledge, link farms are now practically useless.

Apart from that, it’s hardly a fair trade for you to link directly to their site and they not give a reciprocal link. Saying they have a link on another site going to yours is not reciprocal in the ‘eyes’ of the google bot.

Dave
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By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:53:44 +0000

So what’s with the nofollow links on these comments? Seems a bit pot and kettle.