Quote from: Anglee on August 15, 2010, 22:14

Thanks for the headsup! We've rectified the issue. You may check it now.

I checked it with a simple benchmark: asia landscape tropical. Quite straightforward, I guess. I want a landscape, in Asia, and in the tropics. The first page is still full of seascapes, beaches, cityskapes (Hong Kong). God forbid, there is that Athens Parthenon again, on the second place, from Fabrizio Chiruzzi. It's not a 123RF glitch, this guy is a fatal spammer. No wonder he turns up in 70 lightboxes.


http://www.123rf.com/photo_307949_temple.html

177 keywords.

architecture, worship, world, woods, wooden, wood, white, waves, water, vintage, vacation, tropical, trees, travel, tranquillity, tranquil, tradition, tourist, tourism, tin, mine, temple, technology, sunset, sunny, sundown, sun, summer, study, student, strength, street, stone, statue, stand, solitary, solid, sky, site, silhouette, seascape, sea, school, scenery, saltwater, ruins, ruin, rome, roman, rocks, road, restored, remains, religion, relic, pythian, preserved, planks, pillars, pillar, person, people, peaceful, path, palace, outline, outdoors, outdoor, omphalos, olympics, old, ocean, navel, nature, mountain, monument, mining, middleeast, man, lonliness, light, levant, lebanon, laptop, landscape, landmark, jupiter, jordanian, jordan, jerash, italy, italian, isolation, isolated, island, internet, industry, industrial, human, horizon, homework, history, historical, historic, heritage, heliopolis, hawaii, greek, gree, god, gate, games, forest, florida, europe, escape, empty, empire, east, desolate, design, deserted, delphi, delfi, decapolis, culture, cultural, cornwall, cornish, construction, connection, connect, concord, computer, columns, column, colors, coastline, coastal, coast, cloudy, clouds, cloud, clipping, classical, classic, civilization, civilisation, cityscape, city, chimney, calm, buildings, boats, blue, black, big, beauty, beach, background, baalbeck, attractions, attraction, atmospheric, atlantic, athens, athene, asia, artemis, archeology, arch, apollo, antiquity, antique, ancient, alone, acropolis

Laptop and Florida, huh? Say no more. If you allow that kind of spam, no wonder that the real asian tropical landscapes pop up on page 99999. I don't want to compete with this.

Thanks for bringing up this issue. We have a system to counter/automate this issue but it was overlooked because of they're "old accounts". Our keywording specialist is on top of this now. A warning letter will be issued for these spammers. And, of course, we'll be on continual lookout.