This list represents sites that exist solely to host paid PR content. Many disguise themselves as legitimate "news" sources, often with very obvious falsified staff listings and stock photos. Some deceptively chose names similar to existing publications or take over domains of prior publications.
rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : [[Search engine optimization|SEO]]/[[Public relations|PR]] firm blog masked as a news site
Large farm of masked blogs, single author, all IPs in same region of Poland. Low volume. Note: Many of these are domain squats; there are links to the previous incarnations of the sites which may be valid.
Low volume.
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Paid placement farm; collects normal news agg feeds and injects paid SEO content. Solicited heavily in SEO ads. Submission guidelines mention a $11 "editorial review" fee and pitch seo benefits. Some ads mention press release distribution, but these don't seem to be labeled consistently. Media article at Aljazeera notes " The coverage – and often distortion – by ANI of the content produced in Brussels and Geneva led us to the Big News Network and the World News Network – an entire network of 500+ fake local media in 95 countries that have helped reproduce negative iterations about Pakistan (or China)".
Primary contact is Big News Network News Agency in Dubai Media City, Dubai, UAE (www.bignewsnetwork.net). Also linked to Midwest Radio Network in Sydney, Australia (www.midwestradionetwork.com)
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Large number of cheap blogs with SEO content, some really obvious hijacks in mix. See offline notes.
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All of these are related to the Tech Times. Previous WP:RSN discussion: here. Related external links: Puncher, Puncher. Note same CA-PUB identified along with SEO behavior.
There seem to be three primary holding entities:
100+ sites kindly linked by CA-PUB-5478771049192646. Link to dailyoffbeat.com SEO firm? Still working list for active sites.
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Large farm of advertorial sites run by same company; oldest is SiliconIndia. Others linked to cioreview.com. Same addresses in multiple states. Huge farm here - many scam placements, fake awards, unmarked paid placements. See offline notes (some personal info pops up).
All owned by an Indian SEO/marketing company associated with "Manish Singh". Most are barebones blogs with news themes that are poorly implemented. Many have procedurally generated fake authors. Abused ones listed; there are about 500+ other sites managed by that company; will review.
Note: "Boris Dzhingarov" and other permutations popping up repeatedly on these sites.
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This list represents sites that exist solely to host paid PR content. Many disguise themselves as legitimate "news" sources, often with very obvious falsified staff listings and stock photos. Some deceptively chose names similar to existing publications or take over domains of prior publications.
rmv non-[[WP:RS]] : [[Search engine optimization|SEO]]/[[Public relations|PR]] firm blog masked as a news site
Large farm of masked blogs, single author, all IPs in same region of Poland. Low volume. Note: Many of these are domain squats; there are links to the previous incarnations of the sites which may be valid.
Low volume.
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Paid placement farm; collects normal news agg feeds and injects paid SEO content. Solicited heavily in SEO ads. Submission guidelines mention a $11 "editorial review" fee and pitch seo benefits. Some ads mention press release distribution, but these don't seem to be labeled consistently. Media article at Aljazeera notes " The coverage – and often distortion – by ANI of the content produced in Brussels and Geneva led us to the Big News Network and the World News Network – an entire network of 500+ fake local media in 95 countries that have helped reproduce negative iterations about Pakistan (or China)".
Primary contact is Big News Network News Agency in Dubai Media City, Dubai, UAE (www.bignewsnetwork.net). Also linked to Midwest Radio Network in Sydney, Australia (www.midwestradionetwork.com)
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Large number of cheap blogs with SEO content, some really obvious hijacks in mix. See offline notes.
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All of these are related to the Tech Times. Previous WP:RSN discussion: here. Related external links: Puncher, Puncher. Note same CA-PUB identified along with SEO behavior.
There seem to be three primary holding entities:
100+ sites kindly linked by CA-PUB-5478771049192646. Link to dailyoffbeat.com SEO firm? Still working list for active sites.
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Large farm of advertorial sites run by same company; oldest is SiliconIndia. Others linked to cioreview.com. Same addresses in multiple states. Huge farm here - many scam placements, fake awards, unmarked paid placements. See offline notes (some personal info pops up).
All owned by an Indian SEO/marketing company associated with "Manish Singh". Most are barebones blogs with news themes that are poorly implemented. Many have procedurally generated fake authors. Abused ones listed; there are about 500+ other sites managed by that company; will review.
Note: "Boris Dzhingarov" and other permutations popping up repeatedly on these sites.
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