Since the release of Tag and Ping roughly a week ago, the package has been under some scrutiny. There are a number of tag and ping reviews that are being circulated online, but I’m leary to trust some only because they may be affiliates out to make a commission on the $147 product.
Being an affiliate myself, I have no problems with someone promoting an affiliate product, however, I do have problems with are those who don’t look at a product objectively because there is a chance they could discourage someone from purchasing.
When I came across the Tag and Ping review by Charles Heflin, it was the first harsh review of Tag and Ping I had seen. While Charles’s review of Tag and Ping was heavy-handed (which he later admitted), there was something that jumped out at me and was confirmed by some others within various forums.
…he promotes abusing these sites by signing up for hundreds of accounts to give the appearance that many people are voting for your links to give them “popularity” and drive them up in the rankings on certain sites to gain more traffic and backlinks.
This is considered spamming the bookmark sites and unfortunately, this is what will cause many of those services to start counteracting tag and ping spam. It’s more beneficial simply to properly tag your page and submit it to multiple bookmark sites instead of signing up for multiple accounts on one bookmark site.
For the most part, I believe that Sean has done a good job with Tag and Ping, however, if it’s out of your budget, Lisa Ginger has a more economical and terse guide called Tagging Secrets. Not a complete package with WordPress plugins or software, but is a great beginner to intermediate guide.
