--- "Dale E. Reddick" <dereddi@hargray.com> wrote: > Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:05:54 -0500 > From: "Dale E. Reddick" <dereddi@hargray.com> > Subject: Re: [GAEFFINGHAM] FW: Article of possible > interest > To: GAEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > > Hey Gerald, > > Thanks for sharing this information with the Effingham, > Bryan, and > Bulloch lists. > > I just shared the information with another twelve lists > where I'm either > an administrator or active member. > > Here's what I wrote: > > "I just received a link to this article at > desceretnews.com. This > message appeared on three different county lists to > which I subscribe. > > I just read the article. An -enterprising- individual > has come up with > software to generate FAKE genealogical websites - names, > dates, > ancestries, lineages - everything! It's entitled "Fake > Family". > > 'Genealogists beware. > A software company is marketing a new program to > Internet > advertisers that could quickly generate Web sites full > of extensive, but > fake, family trees. > Critics say the approach appears to be part of a > new money-making > scheme to lure people who search for family names on > Google, Yahoo or > other search engines to Web sites that use bogus data to > help ensure > they appear high on "hit lists." They then make money if > visitors click > on advertisers' links.' > > I would suggest that you read the article and BEWARE of > new, miraculous > findings of interest to your surname research. Check > and recheck if > something new seems to pop up on a webpage you've never > noticed previously. > > Thanks to Gerald Gieger for sharing this information > with several > southeast Georgia lists. > > Sincerely, > > Dale E. Reddick" > > GERALD - Again, thanks for sharing this with the rest of > us! > > Dale > ________________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com