f-r-e-e, f*r*e*e and f.r.e.e

May 21st, 2005 Admin

f-r-e-e, f*r*e*e and f.r.e.e are just 3 of the most famous ways on how to insert the word FREE in an Ezine Article so the message will not go into the bulk folder as SPAM.

It is a great idea but not a wise thing to do. You are actually degrading your credibility as an author in exchange for SPAM filter acceptance. My point is, formatting those common SPAM words in your Ezine Articles to bypass the filter does not look very professional and credible to the reader. For me it is a great “turn-off”…

There are many “accepted” ways to do this. One is instead of using *(asterisk), .(dot) and -(dash) to bypass the filter just put a space in between the letters and make sure the letters are all in caps, e.g F R E E. It looks more professional and it could bypass the filters, this method is also widely used by top ezine publishers.

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