Recently I had a friend let me know that the direct links that were up on my page as well as the links that they were using to my business website were bouncing back as a spam site. 

Listed below is the message people got when they clicked on our direct link to http://www.fyreandice.com (If you are using any direct links to websites outside of Myspace, I suggest you take a look at yours as well to keep from getting the same message posted about you). As you can imagine, I do not find this message funny or professional.

BEGIN MESSAGE FROM MYSPACE

The link you are trying to visit has been disabled.

You have reached a link that is no longer in service. That means the link was very naughty, and, much like head lice, had to be eliminated before it spread.

You may be asking yourself, "Hey, what was it about that link that got it in trouble?" An excellent question! Usually, it’s one of the following reasons:

- The link was spam! No one likes spammers, and we don’t like their links.

- You almost got phished! There are people out there who want to steal your MySpace password. They want to log in as you and send spam, harass your friends, change your profile, and generally run amok. Phishing pages are usually designed to look like MySpace to trick you. Other sites may also ask for your MySpace login information to customize your profile, insert videos or slide shows, track visitors, or any number of other things. Don’t make it easy for them. ONLY USE YOUR MYSPACE LOGIN INFO ON WWW. MYSPACE. COM!!

- Viruses are not fun! Neither is adware, spyware, or malware. We cut the links to places that are known sources of infection.

If you really did want to check out some spam, viruses, or phishing pages, we’re really sorry to have interrupted. We’re sure you can find it elsewhere. There’s plenty on the Internet

END MESSAGE FROM MYSPACE

I see that other links have been set up to go to a warning page to let visitors know that they are leaving Myspace and going somewhere else on the net.  If that had happened to our link, I would have no issue.  But to put up a message like the one above was irresponsible and potentially damaging to our business.  As I said above, if you have any direct links from your Myspace account, you might want to make sure what viewers are seeing when they click there.  Just a warning so the same thing wont happen to other legitimate businesses.

Fyre