User talk:70.33.71.193

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Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia as we drive for print or DVD publication; see the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. Image:Monkeyman.pngMonkeyman(talk) 20:00, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. Image:Monkeyman.pngMonkeyman(talk) 20:07, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] my addition

Hi The two links to the site I work for (Consumersearch.com) that I added to two Wikipedia categories were actually based on another link that I saw to our site that was added by a Wikipedia user that has nothing to do with our site. Since then that link was deleted too and I don't know why. The links were very relevant to the categories they were added to. ConsumerSearch.com is a highly respected review site. The American Library Association along with other reference sites, recommends our product comparison report for objectivity. Time Magazine selected ConsumerSearch as one of the top fifty websites, and PC World named it “Best Consumer Advice Site” on the web. We are not a link farm and we strongly oppose any spammy behavior. We truly believe Wikipedia readers would benefit from our editorial comparative reviews. Please feel free to contact me at mlevitte@consumersearch.com. Best Max Max Levitte Managing Producer http://www.consumersearch.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.33.71.193 (talk • contribs)

Max is Maxumer my wikipedia username is maxumer by the way —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxumer (talk • contribs)

Hi Max. The links you added [1] and[2] were consistent with what Wikipedia classifies as spam. Our criteria are listed here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam#How_to_identify_spam_and_spammers. Your links were removed because they matched the following criteria:
  • 1. User is anonymous (an IP address)
  • 2. User:page and/or User_talk:page are red links
  • 3. No edit summary (other than, perhaps /* External links */)
  • 5. User has made multiple edits to related articles
  • 6. The majority of user's edits are to external links sections
  • 7. The link is a site that has Google/Yahoo ads (AdSense/SM).
  • 9. Link is trying to sell a product or service.
  • 14. User adds links that have been previously removed, without discussing on the talk page.
It is considered bad form to add links to one's own site. Also, please examine your motives ... is it to improve the article or is it to promote your site? Due to a flood of spam additions to the articles on an hourly basis, we have had to adopt a very strict policy on external links. You are welcome to discuss the merits of your external links on the talk pages of the articles. Image:Monkeyman.pngMonkeyman(talk) 23:14, 19 May 2006 (UTC)