Comments on: Is Dish Network Having Employees Spam Blogs? (Like This One.) http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: AllThingsD: Dish Network Approves of Employees Spamming Blogs | Gizmo Lovers Bloghttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28617 AllThingsD: Dish Network Approves of Employees Spamming Blogs | Gizmo Lovers Blog Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:59:53 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28617 [...] Blogs Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 by MegaZone Well, I’m not the only blogger being spammed by Dish Network, they’re doing it to the big boys too, and Peter Kafka over at AllThingsD got [...] [...] Blogs Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 by MegaZone Well, I’m not the only blogger being spammed by Dish Network, they’re doing it to the big boys too, and Peter Kafka over at AllThingsD got [...]

]]> By: MegaZonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28540 MegaZone Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28540 The thing is, the comments are coming directly from Dish in most cases.  There is a later post http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/10/13/dish-network-employees-havent-changed-their-spamming-ways/ as well with more such comments, and I've had more since then that I didn't post about (yet, at least).  The IP used to make the comments is owned by Dish Network and traces to their offices.  Many of the email addresses used on the comments are  dishnetwork.com, and the URLs used link directly to Dish's website - not an affiliate.And, of course, the commentors claim to work for Dish and not an affiliate.  But I can't really say we should trust a spammer to be completely honest. ;-)But the IP is the most concrete evidence that links this to the mother ship.  I just have a hard time believing employees are spending this time on the corporate network trolling for blogs to leave spammy comments on without some corporate knowledge that this is happening.  I'm certainly not the only one - some blogs have banned Dish Network's IP range from commenting because of these kind of comments.  And I've had other bloggers contact me to report the same kind of comments. The thing is, the comments are coming directly from Dish in most cases.  There is a later post http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/10/13/dish-network-employees-havent-changed-their-spamming-ways/ as well with more such comments, and I’ve had more since then that I didn’t post about (yet, at least).  The IP used to make the comments is owned by Dish Network and traces to their offices.  Many of the email addresses used on the comments are  dishnetwork.com, and the URLs used link directly to Dish’s website – not an affiliate.

And, of course, the commentors claim to work for Dish and not an affiliate.  But I can’t really say we should trust a spammer to be completely honest. ;-)

But the IP is the most concrete evidence that links this to the mother ship.  I just have a hard time believing employees are spending this time on the corporate network trolling for blogs to leave spammy comments on without some corporate knowledge that this is happening.  I’m certainly not the only one – some blogs have banned Dish Network’s IP range from commenting because of these kind of comments.  And I’ve had other bloggers contact me to report the same kind of comments.

]]> By: Dish TVhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28533 Dish TV Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28533 I think that Dish is much to large of an organization to openly encourage this type of link building/ marketing.  I think option 2 (there is some indirect incentive to employees) is about right. It is more likely though that an affiliate of Dish is encouraging the tactic. For example, company X drives traffic to dish network's site for which they get paid on simply the increase in traffic and not necessarily the conversion (of a sale that is). Unbenounced to Dish, this affiliate they pay out to drive traffic is participating in these practices that ultimately tarnishes their brand and not the affiliate since no one knows that the appended URL is associated with a different company. I can theorize this because I work for a dish affiliate... but we have our own secure site so tarnishing out brand for a couple of comments won't get us anywhere. :) I think that Dish is much to large of an organization to openly encourage this type of link building/ marketing.  I think option 2 (there is some indirect incentive to employees) is about right. It is more likely though that an affiliate of Dish is encouraging the tactic. For example, company X drives traffic to dish network’s site for which they get paid on simply the increase in traffic and not necessarily the conversion (of a sale that is). Unbenounced to Dish, this affiliate they pay out to drive traffic is participating in these practices that ultimately tarnishes their brand and not the affiliate since no one knows that the appended URL is associated with a different company. I can theorize this because I work for a dish affiliate… but we have our own secure site so tarnishing out brand for a couple of comments won’t get us anywhere. :)

]]> By: Dish TVhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28535 Dish TV Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28535 I think that Dish is much to large of an organization to openly encourage this type of link building/ marketing.  I think option 2 (there is some indirect incentive to employees) is about right. It is more likely though that an affiliate of Dish is encouraging the tactic. For example, company X drives traffic to dish network's site for which they get paid on simply the increase in traffic and not necessarily the conversion (of a sale that is). Unbenounced to Dish, this affiliate they pay out to drive traffic is participating in these practices that ultimately tarnishes their brand and not the affiliate since no one knows that the appended URL is associated with a different company. I can theorize this because I work for a dish affiliate... but we have our own secure site so tarnishing out brand for a couple of comments won't get us anywhere. :) I think that Dish is much to large of an organization to openly encourage this type of link building/ marketing.  I think option 2 (there is some indirect incentive to employees) is about right. It is more likely though that an affiliate of Dish is encouraging the tactic. For example, company X drives traffic to dish network’s site for which they get paid on simply the increase in traffic and not necessarily the conversion (of a sale that is). Unbenounced to Dish, this affiliate they pay out to drive traffic is participating in these practices that ultimately tarnishes their brand and not the affiliate since no one knows that the appended URL is associated with a different company. I can theorize this because I work for a dish affiliate… but we have our own secure site so tarnishing out brand for a couple of comments won’t get us anywhere. :)

]]> By: Dish TVhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28539 Dish TV Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28539 I think that Dish is much to large of an organization to openly encourage this type of link building/ marketing.  I think option 2 (there is some indirect incentive to employees) is about right. It is more likely though that an affiliate of Dish is encouraging the tactic. For example, company X drives traffic to dish network's site for which they get paid on simply the increase in traffic and not necessarily the conversion (of a sale that is). Unbenounced to Dish, this affiliate they pay out to drive traffic is participating in these practices that ultimately tarnishes their brand and not the affiliate since no one knows that the appended URL is associated with a different company. I can theorize this because I work for a dish affiliate... but we have our own secure site so tarnishing out brand for a couple of comments won't get us anywhere. :) I think that Dish is much to large of an organization to openly encourage this type of link building/ marketing.  I think option 2 (there is some indirect incentive to employees) is about right. It is more likely though that an affiliate of Dish is encouraging the tactic. For example, company X drives traffic to dish network’s site for which they get paid on simply the increase in traffic and not necessarily the conversion (of a sale that is). Unbenounced to Dish, this affiliate they pay out to drive traffic is participating in these practices that ultimately tarnishes their brand and not the affiliate since no one knows that the appended URL is associated with a different company. I can theorize this because I work for a dish affiliate… but we have our own secure site so tarnishing out brand for a couple of comments won’t get us anywhere. :)

]]> By: Dish Network Employees Haven’t Changed Their Spamming Ways | Gizmo Lovers Bloghttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28395 Dish Network Employees Haven’t Changed Their Spamming Ways | Gizmo Lovers Blog Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:10:22 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28395 [...] Their Spamming Ways Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 by MegaZone Last month I posted about Dish Network employees spamming blogs across the net, and it looks like they’re still at it. Tonight there was a comment on one of my posts [...] [...] Their Spamming Ways Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 by MegaZone Last month I posted about Dish Network employees spamming blogs across the net, and it looks like they’re still at it. Tonight there was a comment on one of my posts [...]

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28175 Anonymous Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28175 I get about 1 or 2 a week.  Most all are from Dish's IP address 204.76.xx.xxxNone have ever contained a link, that I remember and they all say they work for Dish. Some use their Dish email address and some use gmail, hotmail, etc addresses.Sometimes they aren't too bad and sometimes they are obvious boilerplate.  I consider most to be breaking my rules about free advertising on my sites and I usually delete.They are not hiding where or who they are are. I think they are doing exactly what you propose in #1.  "Dish Network is officially encouraging employees to spam blogs, and probably other social media outlets, to promote their goods and services. "For fun, I will look at my logs and see how often they visit from Dish. I get about 1 or 2 a week.  Most all are from Dish’s IP address 204.76.xx.xxx

None have ever contained a link, that I remember and they all say they work for Dish.
Some use their Dish email address and some use gmail, hotmail, etc addresses.

Sometimes they aren’t too bad and sometimes they are obvious boilerplate.  I consider most to be breaking my rules about free advertising on my sites and I usually delete.

They are not hiding where or who they are are. I think they are doing exactly what you propose in #1. 
“Dish Network is officially encouraging employees to spam blogs, and
probably other social media outlets, to promote their goods and
services. ”

For fun, I will look at my logs and see how often they visit from Dish.

]]> By: MegaZonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28171 MegaZone Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28171 It'd be interesting to know if the IPs are from the 'mothership', which mean they're doing it from the corporate network, making it more likely to be officially sanctioned, or not.And even if it isn't sanctioned, if they're doing it from work then Dish has more standing to tell them to cut it out. It’d be interesting to know if the IPs are from the ‘mothership’, which mean they’re doing it from the corporate network, making it more likely to be officially sanctioned, or not.

And even if it isn’t sanctioned, if they’re doing it from work then Dish has more standing to tell them to cut it out.

]]> By: The Hubhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28169 The Hub Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28169 Megazone,I've had the same issue with Dish folks on Tech of the Hub. Sometimes it's been blatant, sometimes not so much. I've left the less suspicious ones on the blog and I can dig a little deeper on them. Let me know Megazone,

I’ve had the same issue with Dish folks on Tech of the Hub. Sometimes it’s been blatant, sometimes not so much. I’ve left the less suspicious ones on the blog and I can dig a little deeper on them. Let me know

]]> By: The Hubhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/15/is-dish-network-having-employees-spam-blogs-like-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28168 The Hub Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=7983#comment-28168 Megazone,I've had the same issue with Dish folks on Tech of the Hub. Sometimes it's been blatant, sometimes not so much. I've left the less suspicious ones on the blog and I can dig a little deeper on them. Let me know Megazone,

I’ve had the same issue with Dish folks on Tech of the Hub. Sometimes it’s been blatant, sometimes not so much. I’ve left the less suspicious ones on the blog and I can dig a little deeper on them. Let me know

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