Tracey Dragonash Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 After seeing the upcoming madstyle banner event we decided to add our retro 60's style motorbike to it, it seemed like a nice marketing op.Saw the banner was up this morning so had a look, no bike in the vehicles section, thought maybe not all the items were showing yet so wasn't too bothered.But just now went to add a new item to the store and got a message saying that our DVW Corsair had been unlisted for keyword spam.What point is there to taking part if an item that actually fits the description they gave is not only rejected but unlisted for spamming for using the very word they told you to add?(Judging by the allowed listings we could have avoided this by adding an mp3 cd player to the bike :smileytongue:)I have now relisted the item minus the 'madstyle' keyword.Bike in question https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/DVW-Corsair/3332251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claireschen Hesten Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 i reckon one of your competitors must have flagged you for keyword spam LL staff don't tend to go around de-listing items for such reason by all means reinstate the keyword in to your listing i would hardly call it keyword spam if LL are encouraging people to use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Hancroft Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I had two prefabs that I used the "madstyle" keyword in and they were both flagged for keyword spam and removed. I relisted them minus the new "madstyle" keyword also. I thought they were perfect for the theme. I have come to the conclusion that the keyword is only meant for clothing designers. So that leaves ME out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czari Zenovka Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Marcus Hancroft wrote: I have come to the conclusion that the keyword is only meant for clothing designers. I would be interested in hearing from clothing designers on the forums to see if they listed any outfits with "madstyle" and if their items are delisted for spam. The LL notice didn't seem to indicate clothing only, but who knows anymore. Sidenote: Maybe it's a frame of reference thing, but everytime I see "madstyle" I think of Mad Magazine. lol "What me worry?" :matte-motes-wink-tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtwtfss71 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I listed two of my dress styles that are from that era ans so far, they are still up (/me knocks on wood). I suspect people/competitors are getting flag happy. I would try to relist again if I were you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Letov Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I agree it's most likely competitors. It happens to me a lot when I list new products, usually right after I send out a notice to my group about a new product being listed on the MP. Even if I have the item up for a day or two, it never fails, my new listing gets flagged after I send the notice out to my group. It's gotten to the point where I just wait for it and relist it immediately so my c ustomers don't miss seeing the item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kala Bijoux Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 My understanding is that anyone can flag you for keyword spam and LL just takes it down. They don't look at it to see if that is actually the case, they just take it down. So if you feel it is the right style, relist it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Dragonash Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Thank you for the replies, relisted the item earlier, having another go with the keyword now, will just see what happens this time I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonadea Avedon Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 irony is the people who should be using that keyword are being flagged yet we have completly and toally left the keyword spammers kill that keyword madstyle i mean rlly click the link and watch what shows up .seriously what were they thinking telling people to use it we all knew everyone was gonna use it even when it's not appropriate to the item. I did use it on my retro dress's only and no i did not get flagged yet but i am sure it will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kala Bijoux Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yeah, I just started another thread on this - you have to look until page 3 to find 2 items that I think fit the Mad Style definition. And when I searched 'new items' - I saw a meero nest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasher Oh Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 It seems the only people who didn't see this particular flag fest coming were the Commerce Team. Having rushed out a vague and badly defined promo theme they now have to waste valuable time manning the barricades as the flag happy trigger fingers get to work. ^L^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy Romano Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Lasher Oh wrote: It seems the only people who didn't see this particular flag fest coming were the Commerce Team. Having rushed out a vague and badly defined promo theme they now have to waste valuable time manning the barricades as the flag happy trigger fingers get to work. ^L^ I disagree, I feel that the reason it was done was to incite a flag fest as a change from the boredom for support, who until now must have become bored at the constant referals to JIRA "yeah we know about that bug, just add your name to the JIRA" responses. It's abundantly clear that some merchants have merely added "madstyle" to every item with completely abandon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Hancroft Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Sassy Romano wrote: Lasher Oh wrote: It seems the only people who didn't see this particular flag fest coming were the Commerce Team. Having rushed out a vague and badly defined promo theme they now have to waste valuable time manning the barricades as the flag happy trigger fingers get to work. ^L^ I disagree, I feel that the reason it was done was to incite a flag fest as a change from the boredom for support, who until now must have become bored at the constant referals to JIRA "yeah we know about that bug, just add your name to the JIRA" responses. It's abundantly clear that some merchants have merely added "madstyle" to every item with completely abandon. This, I would have to agree with. Taking a look at the items with that keyword, I see sex poses, makeup, meeroo nests. It's just silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circe Ishtari Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Skins.. shapes..makeup..everything is very 60s like.. >.> Edit: Makeup is related to the keyword if its styled after the trend of 60s, I did not mean to say that it can not be related, sorry for my english. For skins and shapes it would be related, in my opinion, if it would represent a person of the 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampu Oyen Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Much like flaming, keyword spam is less of a question of what is done than a question of who does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaiya Arnold Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Yes, I thought meroos were only invented this century. Silly me, I should have realized they were an icon of the 60s. I probably overlooked them because they were nesting in Liz Taylor's beehive hair-do. ***I'm confused as to why people are mentioning makeup as dubious. I've designated a few makeup items that I believe are appropriate to the keyword. But more than one person has commented in this thread about makeup as being dubious for this "promotion", so I'm a bit confused now. Why not makeup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampu Oyen Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 >Yes, I thought meroos were only invented this century. I wonder if they would actually get delisted if someone flagged them. Wouldn't that be kind of interesting if they didn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Collingwood Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Marcus Hancroft wrote: I had two prefabs that I used the "madstyle" keyword in and they were both flagged for keyword spam and removed. I relisted them minus the new "madstyle" keyword also. I thought they were perfect for the theme. I have come to the conclusion that the keyword is only meant for clothing designers. So that leaves ME out. WEll, take two. Clothing also may be flagged even though everyone knows hippie and rainbow are almost hand-in-glove my Rainbow items were keyword spam-flagged.. insert 60's Avalon posters that I own in RL here. As was said in the 60's May the baby Jesus open your mind and shut your mouth;) ETA go figure the first poster of an Electric Flag Poster was indeed flagged lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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