[LINK] googlebase spam?

Wed Aug 23 18:25:00 AEST 2006

The originating domain: trakken.com: <bounce-20-69994106 at google.trakken.com>

Was owned by Neotonic, not that the registration tells you anything:

>   Domain Name: TRAKKEN.COM
>   Registrar: BULKREGISTER, LLC.
>   Whois Server: whois.bulkregister.com
>   Referral URL: http://www.bulkregister.com
>   Name Server: NS.FICTION.NET
>   Name Server: NS5.NEOTONIC.COM
>   Status: ACTIVE
>   EPP Status: ok
>   Updated Date: 13-Jun-2006
>   Creation Date: 20-Jun-2000
>   Expiration Date: 20-Jun-2008
>
Now, Neotonic was acquired by Google:
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=621

>
>   Google acquires Neotonic Software
>   <http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=621>
>
> After Pyra Labs (The maker of Blogger), and advertisement companies 
> like Applied Semantics and Sprinks, it’s the turn of an email software 
> company Neotonic Software.
>
So it may be original Googlebase spam, but *really stupid* behaviour by 
"do no evil" Google.

RC

Adrian Chadd wrote:

>Hiya,
>
>I received this email a week or so ago. Curiously, none of the Squid guys
>have actually requested this. Its possible someone used the info@
>address in a web form somewhere but it feels to me like spam.
>
>Has anyone seen this?
>
>
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>Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:33:04 -0700
>From: "Google Base Team" <googlebase-support at google.com>
>To: 
>Subject: Re: [#69994106] Submit your content to Google
>Message-ID: <#14.42c067a.4acb5f2e.44e10830.1 at google.trakken.com>
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>X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on 
>	skywalker.creative.net.au
>X-Spam-Level: 
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>Status: RO
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>Hello,
>
>We're writing to offer you a great opportunity to drive more traffic to
>your site through Google Base, a place where you can post all types of
>content and have it show up on Google. If you find that the following
>information about Google Base would be useful to other individuals in your
>organization, we ask that you pass this message along to them.
>
>With Google Base, you can submit all types of online and offline content.
>You can describe any item you post with attributes, which will help people
>find it when they do related searches. When we say "all types of content",
>we really mean it; here's a sample of what our users have posted: products
>for sale, services, jobs, real estate, vehicles, people profiles, events,
>reference articles, podcasts, news articles, reviews, and so on.
>
>Some quick facts about Google Base:
>- Cost: free
>- Reach: items you submit to Google Base might be found on Google
>properties like Google, Froogle and Google Maps
>- How it's different: Google Base enables you to add attributes describing
>your content, so that searchers can easily find it. You can even create
>your own custom attributes.
>- How to submit: you can submit information either though our standard web
>form or via our bulk upload options.
>
>To learn more about Google Base or to post a few items, use our standard
>web form:
>http://www.google.com/base/?utm_source=GG0806single&utm_medium=email
>
>If you have more than a few items to post, it may be more convenient to
>submit a bulk upload:
>http://www.google.com/base/help/howtobulkupload.html?utm_source=GG0806bulk&utm_medium=email
>
>Feel free to e-mail us any specific questions at
>googlebase-support at google.com. We hope that you'll join us on Google Base
>soon.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>The Google Base Team
>
>
>
>Google
>1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
>Mountain View, CA 94043
>
>--------
>We found this e-mail address from the public Google search results.
>
>
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