Fortunately the website I'm reviewing is totally against using false profiles. In fact, "Wendy" the creator of the site had this to say: "BallsInYourCourt.com does not set up fake profiles to attract members and we also do not send out fake winks or smiles to our members. I was on another popular dating site that started sending out smiles to people from my profile, but it was not me sending them. I didn’t realize what was going on until I read an online article regarding this practise. It really opened my eyes to how some sites work." (Source: http://www.sugarcainentertainment.com/?p=354 )
So it was with great delight that when I queried Google for the terms "ballsinyourcourt" and "facebook" that no less than two dozen women popped up, each with a different name and living in a different city, but all using the same photos.
Each profile had no friends, no photo albums, nothing to indicate they were actively used accounts. These "hit and run" accounts are created overnight to be used for self-promotion daily.
I wondered if "Wendy" was even a woman, for it would be more of a male act to systematically spam Facebook, would it not?
To further reduce any speculation that the beautiful (and single) woman behind the website's creation ("Wendy") is a female, the website lacks any contact information other than an e-mail address. The terms of service do not show any postal address and the WHOIS information is private.
Add to the mystery, anyone who dared tell these BIYC women (on Facebook) that they were spamming (and spamming hard - over 20 cities EVERY SINGLE DAY) received a harsh personal attack in return. It is my opinion this was the act of a male.
I then went to Google and tried "ballsinyourcourt" and "craigslist" which brought me to more banner advertisements posted in various cities on Craigslist.
Finally I decided to try Myspace, where I found "Wendy" herself had been in a lengthy process of adding men to her friends list and then, every weekend, sending out a "have a great weekend" message (with a link to her website of course).
Yes folks, this website abides by the "no false profile" policy. They make their money from Google Adsense ads by the way, and Adsense is against unsolicited means of advertising.
Now I will digress it is entirely possible that a competitor, seeking to harm their reputation, is behind this. How though is it that the CEO/creator of the site is on Myspace, systematically spamming her own site?
The site is not even listed in the top 20 sites (though they claim to be the "best" site) and their message forum is quite dead (one area showed two messages posted in the last eight months). This site is not a threat to anyone, in fact I'd measure its lifespan in months, not years.
I think the daily spamming is more an act of a desperate attempt to remain alive.
(To complain about the abuse, write an email to: ABUSE at CANADAWEBHOSTING.COM )
