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A London-based "blackhat SEO" has demonstrated a means of gaming the popular link-exchange site Reddit, using fake accounts to artificially boost voting on selected stories. In a blog post, the blackhat known only as Esrun – who also claims to work for a London-based search marketing agency – offers up a video in which he …

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  1. Geoff Campbell Silver badge
    WTF?

    Nurse?

    Crackers these days are getting lazy with their naming....

    GJC

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  2. Wkd
    FAIL

    Nothing new move along

    This is nothing new, i have been doing this on Digg Reddit Mix etc etc for years now.

    And trust me it doesn't take any magic blackhat skills to achieve, anyone can create a reddit upvote bot in under 30 mins using off the self "macro style" software like UBOT or IMACRO.

    Now how do i get 200+ votes on this comment

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Gates Horns

    Definition of a spammer

    Looks like he's also playing with Urban Dictionary - http://www.esrun.co.uk/blog/gaming-urban-dictionary-for-fun/

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  4. Liam Thom
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    Blackhat SEO

    Isn't that tautological? They are all low-life parasites.

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  5. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    Is gaming Reddit the online equivalent...

    ...of passing yourself off as mentally disabled so you can win a medal at the Special Olympics?

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