Got hammered last night with trackback spam (about 500 or so) from jerks affiliated with Empire Poker. I fired off an email to their abuse department:
Dear Sirs,
If your computer operators do not stop spamming the comments section and the trackback pings of my website, I am going to be force to report you to whatever gaming commissions, better business bureaus, or other authorities I see fit in order to stop the obnoxious and destructive behavior.
I have also spent two hours de-spamming my website. If you do not cease and desist, I am going to begin submitting invoices for the labor required to remove the spam. I think a fee of $200.00 per hour for this type of consulting work is not out of line.
Regards,
John Cole
https://balloon-juice.com
They responded almost immediately:
Dear John,
Thank you for contacting us.
With regards to your concern, please be informed that, we thank you for taking your time out to bring to our attention about the Affiliate spamming.
EmpirePoker.com strictly does not encourage incorrect marketing methods that would cause inconvenience to others, especially on public forums.
We have written to the affiliate about this asking for an explanation and our affiliate department is monitoring their affiliate account. Please rest assured that this would not happen again.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you in this regards and we appreciate you playing an active role in helping us resolve this issue.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Care Department at any time. We are here 24/7 to assist you via email.
Thank you for choosing us as your online gaming site!
Jaganmohan
Poker Customer Care
We shall see what happens.