Is this a promotion method?

While I was surfing the web I found this wordpress plugin which does something really annoying.... blocking FireFox users to view your blog.

I know this is the dumpiest thing to do - I mean using that plugin - as you will lose people that visit your site, etc, etc.

What I want to mention regarding this plugin is that this guy actually created something to make people hate him. And I mean that, most of you know how the open source community acts, and you can check the comments on his blog to see what I mean  8)

My point is that this blog may had got lot of traffic, using a simple technique which can be called : messing up with an authority.

What do you think of that? Any comments?

Meatloaf (the singer and very bad actor) was quoted as saying 'it didn't matter what the award was for as long as they spelt your name right'! I believe that was while picking up a raspberry for spice world the movie. I'm a geek I know very bazaar quotes...

However Meatlof didn't go around smashing up 20% of his views TV sets either so while all news is good news its only good for 15 minutes, after the fuss has died down who going to view the site?

yes right if everyone know about this useless plugin its over with this promotion...

good publicity or bad, its still publicity. maybe he wants to be famous overnight...

Maybe the example I found is not the best, but what I wanted to say is that some times the negative publicity can really help if you do it right.

I agree with you and Tim ;) (very diplomatic right ?)

It was Aaron Wall in his SEOBOOK that he said
that once he had "black hat seo techniques" in his site but then he made them into a seperate site blackhatseo.com (I think ?)
And then he could draw visitors to his "white hat" site and his "black hat" site and both were doing equally well since both had demand but different audience.

What I am trying to say is if there is demand for what you write or produce (if people are searching for it) then it could be succesfull but make sure it does not heart the other parts of your business or website.

I think bad publicity can lead to curiosity which can lead to return visits and sales.

I have been watching a particular product that is constantly being attacked in one of the major forums. It seems to have become a team sport to criticize the product and it's owner - whether the accusations are true or not does not appear to matter. Everytime this happens, there is a surge of interest in the product and many download the free version and give it a try (the paid version isn't ready yet).

I don't think the owner had planned on things happening this way as some of the exchanges have been really vile, but it has kept people talking about his product.

This programmer Nic has mentioned has figured out a way to get the programming industry as a group aggrevated at him and looking to see what he is about. We're talking about him aren't we? If he doesn't have a new plug-in or other product ready to roll out while all this attention is being focussed on him - he really messed up a masterful marketing ploy.

Blackhatseo.com is run by a guy called quadzilla who made his money through poker sites amongst others, always comes across as a jerk and is heavy into the no one shall know who I am in case they find out I live in a cardboard box type of guy. His posting was at one stage very good but these days its mainly publicity stunts and wishful thinking.

definitely not Aaron Wall though

copying directly from Aaron's SEOBOOK (page 12 middle)

"I listed some bad SEO practices on my Search Marketing Info site. I decided to turn that idea into Black Hat SEO.com."

@Tim maybe he sold it maybe he was trying to promote a friend's site, my point was not the site but what Aaron meant ;)

lol you are quite right Quadzilla address is http://seoblackhat.com/