Msplinks Back In Full Force?

[barcodeunit]

hey all,

check your stats, all of a sudden all my sites have the warning page. sometimes its going to the warning page, other times its going straight to my site.

hopefully this is just a temporary bug?

[spokenforxx]

I have been getting some referrals from my tracker from msplinks since last week. I thought it was strange.

[xlove]

hmm i still go to my site no msplink warning yet or on stats.

[tylaa]

my tracker says msplinks.com is UP 0.30% between yesterday and the day before

might be because i had a different domain (not whitelisted) redirecting when i got blacklisted idk.. :chinese:

[Love*]

They put msplinks on all links that are on the top - left corner of someone's layout, with 150px + width, that covers the link "home" so that the one who clicks doesn't get brought back to myspace's homepage, but to that website instead...

I have it on my layouts codes, guess I need to change those before myspace flips & blacklists the site x.x

[spokenforxx]

They put msplinks on all links that are on the top - left corner of someone's layout, with 150px + width, that covers the link "home" so that the one who clicks doesn't get brought back to myspace's homepage, but to that website instead...

I have it on my layouts codes, guess I need to change those before myspace flips & blacklists the site x.x

wow how did u found out?

[Love*]

wow how did u found out?

I was getting referrals from msplinks so I got concerned & checked myspace if whether they've blacklisted me, but all graphics I found that were linking to my site didn't lead to a warning page, & then I realized that only those links on the top / left were going to msplinks.. >.<

The graphics work fine though, it's just those that aren't.. I guess they no longer allow those..

[vcff]

im pretty sure it has nothing to do with the corner links..

Its happening occasionally to any link on the page if you click it enough times...

VCFF

[Riseykins]

All are from bulletins.myspace and profile.myspace for me. :p No msplinks. :D

[Love*]

im pretty sure it has nothing to do with the corner links..

Its happening occasionally to any link on the page if you click it enough times...

VCFF

Well the corner links are the only ones that do that for me.. :sailor:
But hopefully it's just a bug or something..

[spokenforxx]

Mine seems to be pretty random, and I don't have banners with more than a 150 width. Sneaky myspace

[Love*]

I hope they aren't planning on blacklisting all myspace sites in the near future & just giving us some kind of an idea right now LOL x.x

[barcodeunit]

yeah its totally random. this sucks. this drops traffic a lot. :(

[Love*]

school opening + random msplinks :hammer:

[Christinax]

This has been happening too me today, its really rocked my traffic :@

[stoplightt]

hasnt happened to me. but im whitelisted, so idk.

:smartass:

[Andrew2]

Not full force but for about 500 profile.myspace referrals there are 15 msplink ones (for me).
Well, traffic was down yesterday and yesterday I had the most MSPlinks so maybe it's ruining my traffic as well, Lame.

[shayna107]

msplinks now for me too

[Enigmacsg]

My domain is not whitelisted now either. :online2long:

[TaintedPearls]

all of mine still go str8 to my site.

[wce]

occassionally one sneaks through to my site and it works, but the majority are msplinks or im getting some this link has been disabled crap...

edit: links to subpages are working but links to my main page isn't

[barcodeunit]

3 of my sites ocassionally hit the warning page.. like 1 out 5 times.. one of my sites (the newer one) always goes to msplinks.

i hope its just a glitch and they will fix it soon.

[stoplightt]

im kinda glad i picked a stupid name that has nothing to do with layouts!

lmfao

:biggrin:

[Jen]

Well if people on this forum REALLY have the inside scoop with myspace admins, then they should be able to tell us what's going on.

[wce]

nobody heard anything else on this?




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[Andrew2]

Why freak out when it could just be testing/accidental?

[Selena]

i get a warning now. i thought it was fishy i wasnt seeing much myspace traffic anymore. i usually don't see a ton of it anyway but theres usually at least SOME! i was whitelisted before and now this just makes me mad.

[almir]

damn, again :gun_bandana:

[cdog]

well i've been white listed since they first started msplinks. now im getting a lot of msplinks referrals =/

wtf

[spokenforxx]

I'm back to being blacklisted, all my sites.

[barcodeunit]

has anyone been emailing myspace about this?

[wce]

I sent them an email, I take it you contacted them as well? Anyone else? Just weird how it only seems to be some sites and it's weird all sub pages come through fine.

[spokenforxx]

All my sub pages are fine too, all except for the index

[shayna107]

All my sub pages are fine too, all except for the index

SAME :wub:

[almir]

hm, interesting. As you said, subpages are not blacklisted, main page is

[Taghyra]

No problems here, this is weird. Hopefully this is just a glitch.

[trixinitynet]

its happening to me too, but only on links with www.trixinity.net anything trixinity.net goes right to my website =S

[stoplightt]

its happening to me too, but only on links with www.trixinity.net anything trixinity.net goes right to my website =S

is your domain parked?

[trixinitynet]

its redirecting atm, www to just trixinity.net, but its not working on myspace for some reason

[strawberryswirl]

I applied to be whitelisted last week, and they declined, go figure. Their reason:

"We are no longer accepting MySpace helper sites."

[Bellas_Graphics]

I applied to be whitelisted last week, and they declined, go figure. Their reason:

"We are no longer accepting MySpace helper sites."

try again thats what I did and got accepted for one of my sites today. :D

[stoplightt]

you know its kinda amazing that they cant remember you applying for this!

rofl

there is only 2 people working in the whitelisting department.

:stupid:

[spokenforxx]

haha u arent serious abt that are u???ROFL

[tylaa]

"whitelisting department"

LOL

[Andrew2]

They have uniforms and everything ;D

[trixinitynet]

one must wear white and the other must wear black =P

[almir]

one must wear white and the other must wear black =P

and we are all in **** :clap:

[Love*]

I'm back to being blacklisted, all my sites.
Really? That's terrible, how do you know that?
Coz if it's only based on getting the msplinks page, I don't think it's reason enough yet since everyone is getting that for their sites as of now..?


& You all know what guys, I don't think we should give in to myspace controlling us like this. They know how they can affect us so they are unnecessarily driving us crazy.

I don't think they even have any idea what we can actually do to them, they probably think we can't let them go coz of all the traffic they send us.

Well, you know, if we really wanted to, we can actually control them back.
If we all stopped releasing myspace stuff on our websites, all of us, & start providing Friendster layouts, or Hi5 layouts instead, it's going to be the start of their downfall.

When people do not find any customizations for their myspace profiles anymore, and find customizations for Friendster & Hi5 profiles but not myspace, they're going to get really curious and end up making a profile on these two other social networks instead. & Believe me, with all the customizations they find from our sites they aren't gonna wanna leave.

We really should not give in to myspace doing this to us, they are being really selfish now because they're confident we can't affect them. So I think the next time they go do something really stupid, we should all just dump them. SERIOUSLY.

[Nora]

Really? That's terrible, how do you know that?
Coz if it's only based on getting the msplinks page, I don't think it's reason enough yet since everyone is getting that for their sites as of now..?


& You all know what guys, I don't think we should give in to myspace controlling us like this. They know how they can affect us so they are unnecessarily driving us crazy.

I don't think they even have any idea what we can actually do to them, they probably think we can't let them go coz of all the traffic they send us.

Well, you know, if we really wanted to, we can actually control them back.
If we all stopped releasing myspace stuff on our websites, all of us, & start providing Friendster layouts, or Hi5 layouts instead, it's going to be the start of their downfall.

When people do not find any customizations for their myspace profiles anymore, and find customizations for Friendster & Hi5 profiles but not myspace, they're going to get really curious and end up making a profile on these two other social networks instead. & Believe me, with all the customizations they find from our sites they aren't gonna wanna leave.

We really should not give in to myspace doing this to us, they are being really selfish now because they're confident we can't affect them. So I think the next time they go do something really stupid, we should all just dump them. SERIOUSLY.
I disagree.. it's their right to do this..
This shouldn't be the end for myspace sites, search engine traffic is a lot better and nobody can take that away from you. :)

[Love*]

I disagree.. it's their right to do this..
This shouldn't be the end for myspace sites, search engine traffic is a lot better and nobody can take that away from you. :)

In what part of my post did I imply that they had no right?
It's their website, they can do whatever to our links if they wanted (& they've been doing so for the longest time since), which was why I suggested quitting myspace..?

& Search engine traffic? MySpace doesn't really rely on that, what do you mean to say? That people go to google and search "Myspace" to go to myspace?

[SlickEddie]

I highly doubt that there would be a boycott. People are still making money....maybe a fraction less, but no doubt enough to carry on. They must have gotten tired of all the emails about "whitelisting"...and said let's just give everyone the same warning message and be done with that.

[SlickEddie]

In what part of my post did I imply that they had no right?
It's their website, they can do whatever to our links if they wanted (& they've been doing so for the longest time since), which was why I suggested quitting myspace..?

& Search engine traffic? MySpace doesn't really rely on that, what do you mean to say? That people go to google and search "Myspace" to go to myspace?

she meant getting traffic to your own site from "search engines" rather than from myspace.

[Nora]

In what part of my post did I imply that they had no right?
It's their website, they can do whatever to our links if they wanted (& they've been doing so for the longest time since), which was why I suggested quitting myspace..?

& Search engine traffic? MySpace doesn't really rely on that, what do you mean to say? That people go to google and search "Myspace" to go to myspace?

No didn't mean it like that.. just that if it weren't for Myspace none of the myspace resource sites would have gotten this big. Offering layouts for sites like Hi5 is impossible, almost nobody uses them. Hi5 already has a big warning on the profile whenever someone's using a custom layout, telling them to switch to one of Hi5's premade layouts. The Friendster niche is also a lot less popular than Myspace so I think we have no choice but to go along with whatever they do to get rid of us..

By search engine traffic I meant people searching for myspace resources. Myspace won't be able to control traffic sites get through search engines. :)

[Love*]

No didn't mean it like that.. just that if it weren't for Myspace none of the myspace resource sites would have gotten this big. Offering layouts for sites like Hi5 is impossible, almost nobody uses them. Hi5 already has a big warning on the profile whenever someone's using a custom layout, telling them to switch to one of Hi5's premade layouts. The Friendster niche is also a lot less popular than Myspace so I think we have no choice but to go along with whatever they do to get rid of us..

By search engine traffic I meant people searching for myspace resources. Myspace won't be able to control traffic sites get through search engines. :)

Ahh, very clear with that now, I understand.. :winkiss:

But it just totally annoys me to no end how they can toy with us, they have the capabilities & everything after all, ugh.. It's like, when they remove our whitelist, we all go sad, but when they put it back, we are all happy.. They just have too much control over us.. :2guns:
& They seem to have no sympathy since business is business so they do it anyway. :censored:

[spokenforxx]

Really? That's terrible, how do you know that?
Coz if it's only based on getting the msplinks page, I don't think it's reason enough yet since everyone is getting that for their sites as of now..?


I've tested it, I get a warning page for ALL clicks going to my index. Its only subpages that do not have the msplinks warning page. Yup, back to being blacklisted. And Love, I don't think quiting Myspace is a good idea, its too lucrative so I'll just bear with it ;)

[cheeseontoast]

They should charge a monthly fee along with whitelisting criteria/guidelines to be officially whitelisted. We'd get peace of mind, they'd get a sack load of money.

[Love*]

^ LOL I don't think they'd do that but I guess that'd be something good for us, it is after all just like advertising on their site so we won't really mind paying.. :sweatdrop:

[spokenforxx]

They should charge a monthly fee along with whitelisting criteria/guidelines to be officially whitelisted. We'd get peace of mind, they'd get a sack load of money.

Doesn't hurt to dream lol, thats a great idea.

[cheeseontoast]

$500 a site per month... 200 sites do it, $1.2 million a year. Think about it MySpace! And for people who don't want to pay out that much the old whitelisiting route can still be active, but you may be blacklisted randomly if they don't like something.

[Andrew2]

how about 1.00 a month, and 2 million sites do it! k thanks.

[cheeseontoast]

how about 1.00 a month, and 2 million sites do it! k thanks.

Each sites value is only $12 a year to them then. They'd kick people off just like they do now. I guess $10,000 or figures like that are still pocket money to News Corp, but it's certainly more than $12 and would stop people randomly being blacklisted and refunded without a second thought.

[Love*]

Andrew's idea FTW!!! :P


& Anyway, I'd say $100 is as good as it gets, anything more is too much, considering how many sites there are that are willing to pay..

[Andrew2]

People would just get ways around it and redirect friends, So.. What's the point though?

[cheeseontoast]

People would just get ways around it and redirect friends, So.. What's the point though?

Then you get blacklisted for life with that domain/name bank account/paypal and waste $500. That's the another point to the higher fee so people can't just cheat the system everyday.

You should have to agree to T&C that if you abuse the MySpace License you'll be fined. They have your payment details after all. Shouldn't be any complaints about that seeing as we all want to use it legitimately.

[Andrew2]

Right, 500 a month is ridiculous though. Not even large sites would agree to that since myspace traffic usually isn't the leading referrer.

[cheeseontoast]

Right, 500 a month is ridiculous though. Not even large sites would agree to that since myspace traffic usually isn't the leading referrer.

That's wrong. MySpace profiles for bigger sites are the vast majority of refers. Like I said, the old system could be kept in place for those who aren't generating enough $ to pay the fee, once their sites grow they can chose to pay!

[Love*]

I agree with Andrew that $500 is ridiculous, more so because it's a monthly fee? LOL Maybe $500 a year, not a month.. MySpace isn't that money hungry..

& For something they were allowing for free in the past, I don't think they'd think of charging $500 for it, a month..

[tylaa]

I wish Facebook would allow custom html/css on people's profiles.. I probably wouldn't even worry about MySpace any more :whistling:

[mrbrantley]

If anyone does truly know a MySpace admin, or someone that will listen to them and you would be willing to sign a non-disclosure / non-compete, let me know via PM. I have built a platform that is taylored to this problem, and the solution of, I just need someone who knows someone to pitch it for me.

[SlickEddie]

If anyone does truly know a MySpace admin, or someone that will listen to them and you would be willing to sign a non-disclosure / non-compete, let me know via PM. I have built a platform that is taylored to this problem, and the solution of, I just need someone who knows someone to pitch it for me.

my high school buddy is the VP of business and legal affairs @ Myspace

[spokenforxx]

If your index has been blacklisted but your other pages still pass through without the warning page, DO NOT email them asking to be whitelisted if you have Gigya's login forms in your sites. They completely banned mine, it only makes things worse.

[Jessica61981]

If your site is going back to their warning page, I would probably wait to email them. Because they could be keeping track of which sites are asking about this and possibly keeping you blocked. IDK. Who know Myspace is funny about things.

[Jen]

Well there are a few sites that were msplinked that are now un msplinked, so whatever is happening, it's good.

[barcodeunit]

the problem looks fixed now.. thank god. all my sites are no longer getting the warning page.

[Enigmacsg]

Yeah looks like it's been fixed my whitelist domain works.

[trixinitynet]

yup works fine for me now =)

[shayna107]

:( we just emailed them. hopefully we don't get banned now, didn't think it would just get re-whitelsited out of the blue, just thought they wanted to play hardball :whistling:

[wce]

well hey, all I can say is maybe gigya has a little more pull than a lot thought... I mentioned to them in another thread and within hours it was fixed... so apparently maybe gigya does have some swing!!! all i can say is thanks!

[Andrew2]

Gigya 1
Nabbr 0

[shayna107]

mines working now too :clap: just checked it "whitelisted again"

[Love*]

If your index has been blacklisted but your other pages still pass through without the warning page, DO NOT email them asking to be whitelisted if you have Gigya's login forms in your sites. They completely banned mine, it only makes things worse.

Does this include all gigya widgets, like the "share with friends" one or even the "social bookmark" one?

[Andrew2]

All sites are whitelisted now (that were whitelisted) so her issue should no longer be an issue ;D :wub: :( :) ;)

[Love*]

All sites are whitelisted now (that were whitelisted) so her issue should no longer be an issue ;D :wub: :( :) ;)

Oh, so she's no longer banned? So it's okay to have gigya stuff on the site now? *confused* :balloon:

[Andrew2]

I thought she said she wasn't but maybe she still is, So.. I don't know, If the problems fixed then I don't see why there should be any problems... I don't know why I'm replying since I don't know what I'm talking about. :(

[Love*]

^LOL But I see she isn't banned now :stuart: I tried a link to her site from my profile & it went straight to her index.. :scooter:

But what is this new thing myspace has "OpenSocial"?

[Andrew2]

Google platform that enables uh.. I don't know.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071101006542&newsLang=en

I think it's about the "newer" applications that MySpace offers, You're so far behind.

[almir]

msplinks removed :sweatdrop:

[barcodeunit]

nabbr is the one who contacted myspace to fix this issue.

[Andrew2]

True, they also cured Aids.

[tylaa]

true, They Also Cured Aids.

rofl rofl rofl rofl

[barcodeunit]

True, they also cured Aids.

god you turn me on.

[Love*]

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[pY-Robert]

Also, random side note, since there's a lot of White List talk here:

Our MySpace contact let me know that they're getting a lot of emails to their Canadian Office for white listing requests... this slows down and sometimes hinders the process of getting white listed. It also might be the reason some of you are getting some rather confusing responses.

The actual email, and by far the best choice, to send white-list requests is this: abuse@support.myspace.com

Also, we've been kept in the loop a bit about the recent issues with the MSPLinks system. They aren't trying to kill any of us off, not to worry. It is/was affecting pYzam as well. :-)

Robert

[spokenforxx]

Does this include all gigya widgets, like the "share with friends" one or even the "social bookmark" one?

Love, its ok to use Gigya on your myspace sites, Gigya said they had an official ok from Myspace's Security, it shouldn't cause your site to be blacklisted now. Ang Gigya was really helpful in getting my sites whitelisted again, all from a misunderstanding on the canada site. Who ever said whitelisting should go to that cananda myspace email should be shot.

[MKInfo]

This is what I got
"Your request has been declined. Due to the high risk of phishing from certain domains, we will not be whitelisting any sites containing the word "myspace". We apologize for the inconvenience."

So there :innocent:

Followed by this

"Please send any white list or msplink issue to abuse at support.myspace.com and not CA-HELP or any other support address at MySpace."

[Callyuk]

Im gona sound an idiot probly but who cares so if i wanna get my site white listed all i have to do is e-amil abuse@support.myspace.com and ask them to white list my website and the check it out and get back to me?

Thanks Dan!

[stoplightt]

Also, random side note, since there's a lot of White List talk here:

Our MySpace contact let me know that they're getting a lot of emails to their Canadian Office for white listing requests... this slows down and sometimes hinders the process of getting white listed. It also might be the reason some of you are getting some rather confusing responses.

The actual email, and by far the best choice, to send white-list requests is this: abuse@support.myspace.com

Also, we've been kept in the loop a bit about the recent issues with the MSPLinks system. They aren't trying to kill any of us off, not to worry. It is/was affecting pYzam as well. :-)

Robert

they will just send it back saying, your request has been sent to the correct department. Thank you for your patience. or something in the lines of that.