This guy wrote a software programme and named it something like “This programme does nowt” and sent it for review to a bunch of software magazines. The fact is, there was nothing, no code, nada, on the disc. He got loads, hundreds, of five star reviews in their hope (he assumed) that he would paste the magazine’s award logo with a link onto his website.
He didn’t. He exposed them andit’sd Wodrpress’ blog of the day.
Up yours scam-mongers.
Read the whole story here.
http://successfulsoftware.net/2007/08/16/the-software-awards-scam/#comment-2476