On 21/07/07, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Truth be told, I smell a rat. I googled them up (looked for "softpedia spam"), and came up with either an extremely high google rank, or an extremely low buzz about them. In other words, all I found in google was links to their own site for the first few pages. I did find some references [1] where people actually issued press releases with this award! I emailed them asking what the review process is, what the skill set is for the people doing the review and how long the review took place. I'll keep you posted on what/if they answer. In the mean while, am I a cynical SOB, or are they just boosting their own traffic and page rank (the reason I mangled the links) by awarding, well, awards with no content to them?
Possibly you are right - I also get results about their site way too much recently while looking for software - but then this was Windows software which I never look for until recently when I? installed the first Windows XP at home. The impression I got is that they try to be some sort of a twocows-alike software clearing house. Read the article and the discussion page (and maybe the history) about them in Wikipedia. Looks a bit dodgy. Started as another Russian software site and became Softpedia.com in 2003. --Amos
