Has KwMap Been Hacked by Porn Sites?
Posted in Search Marketing by jspirko on April 19th, 2007 
I have used this tool in the past but kind of forgot about it until a friend recently reminded me of it. It is really pretty cool and you may want to check it out at Key Word Map.
It really can't hold its' own againt things like Key Word Discovery, WordTracker or even the Google Keywords tool for real reasearch and traffic estimation. What it is though is an excellent brainstorming tool. It creates a liner map of key words and phrases. You enter a phrase and it shows a map of related phrases, clicking on a related phrase reorders the map and shows new relationships.
Like I said the tool is excellent for brainstorming and lexical research. However when I was using it recently once and a while a term when clicked rather then re ordering the map, linked me to a porn like profile!
I don't link to things like that so if you have an interest I will just say start with a term like SEO and keep poking around. My question is did ownership do this to make money, or is this some sort of hack? What do you think,
~ Jack Spirko
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SpiderDog said,
June 9, 2007 @ 11:59 am
Thank you, Jack, I’m glad to see someone finally raising this issue. KWMAP is a great tool and I am disappointed that it has been compromised. Why doesn’t the owner fix the problem? Perhaps this leads us to believe one of three things: 1) He doesn’t know. 2) He has abandoned the site. 3) He has authorized it!
SteveF said,
August 13, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
This really ticks me off! KwMap could be very useful, except I never know if I’m going to get useful information or porn staring me in the face! Hopefully I can find something reputable to replace it.