The email told me my blog, and it stated the correct blog address, had been liked on their site and I should go and take a look to increase my traffic, sell ad space and join other bloggers.
There was however something not quite right about the email, the email address it came from had an extra 's' on the end of bloggers(s) and the text of the email was very plain with out any formatting, so I was alittle dubious of this 'invite'
So what actually is purebloggers.com? I have had a google and a sniff around and it seems to be a bloggers network, a very new network with a similar format to facebook, it seems they are sending this email to everyone and anyone who has a blog... I don't intend on joining just yet, as I am always dubious of this sort of thing.
Unfortunately where there are lots of good opportunities and groups and companies that may land in your inbox, there are just as many not so good ones. So always be careful what you click on.
I received the same e-mail and didn't click. Like you say, something not quite right...
ReplyDeletelikewise, I dont like it when this happens, so I always mark them as spam.
ReplyDeleteHmmm better safe than sorry, hate that sort of thing x
ReplyDeleteI've not had this but I will look out for it, I saw a couple of people on twitter complaining of having their blogs hacked last week - which makes me very dubious about giving information and joining networks I'm not familiar with - thanks for sharing info.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this post, I have been invited three times in the last week to join. My hubby said don't click on it, so I am leaving it a lone. People who love what you blog about will find you, so there's no reason to keep promoting through these kinds of programs. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI rec'd the same email and being the sleuthing type, I googled it and found your post. Will delete and mark as spam for now, if it's legit, I'll hear about it again.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting!
Sue
I've received repeated invites from them the last couple of weeks, just now googled & found this post. Funny thing, the 1st invite I received had the greeting misspelled & said "Hell, someone liked your blog ..." Gave me a chuckle as I hit delete
ReplyDeleteThanks for the warning!
ReplyDeleteDitto- to all the above comments...I agree with Vintage Girl- if someone wants to read your blog- they will find. I too was dubious and was uneasy about getting a bunch of spam from it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this!
I was just doing my own research when I found your post, like Chloe Brewer said: better safe than sorry! Thanks for the warning!
ReplyDeleteI've never gotten any emails from them, but I'm getting a lot of blog traffic from them. Weird.
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