Advertising Trolls, Just an idea....

[Petrolhead_Rich]

With the idiots who join and slap up a few posts with links and saying "wow, these guys seem really cheap!", can we not leave them up as a name and shame feature, but change the links to point to the PH Terms and conditions page, then we get to see which companies have been abusing PH and steer clear of them, plus it will be available in the search results for said company?!

Or create a wiki of binned posts so again we can avoid these companies?

It would act as a deterrent from companies doing it, because they know their company will have a black mark against it if they try it on?!

I know it would generally be against the name and shame rules, but if they post it, thats their problem shirley?

Oh and top work binning the latest one this morning!

[Mr Will]

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as bad publicity, especially with PH getting the ratings that it does on Google. Deleting and banning them denies them the exposure they are after and prevents them doing it again, I don't think anything more is needed.

Thanks for the suggestion though!

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Mr Will said:

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as bad publicity, especially with PH getting the ratings that it does on Google. Deleting and banning them denies them the exposure they are after and prevents them doing it again, I don't think anything more is needed.

Thanks for the suggestion though!

Fair enough, just seems like a PITA for you guys removing them each time and would be good if the PH community could avoid these businesses as they are obviously unscrupulous!

Keep up the good work removing them, rare you actually see one for more than a few minutes!

[Mr Will]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

Fair enough, just seems like a PITA for you guys removing them each time and would be good if the PH community could avoid these businesses as they are obviously unscrupulous!

Keep up the good work removing them, rare you actually see one for more than a few minutes!

We don't get that many and it's a pretty quick matter to hit the delete and ban buttons. You guys do the hard work by spotting and reporting them

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Mr Will said:

We don't get that many and it's a pretty quick matter to hit the delete and ban buttons. You guys do the hard work by spotting and reporting them

With a bit of mickey taking so they get the point they are not welcome