Topic: The software awards scam

[sam]

I'm sure we all have our heads screwed on a bit about this but...

Andy Brice, a UK-based software developer, packaged up a little text file full of the words "This software does nothing" as an EXE and named it "awardmestars." So far his self-proclaiming useless program has garnered sixteen 5-star awards from download sites he submitted it to. Brice concludes that many of the download sites are "just electronic dung heaps, using fake awards, dubious SEO and content misappropriated from PAD files in a pathetic attempt to make a few dollars from Google Adwords."

Read in full:
http://successfulsoftware.net/2007/08/16/the-software-awards-scam/

[Simon]

I suppose that shouldn't be a surprise.