Most likely you're seeing this page because you tried to visit a page that has been classified as spam by a user. Users redirect spam (or spam-like) pages here to keep SideReel neat and tidy.

Spam links are those that are added for the sake of promoting a website and its product. The difference between a spam link for a site and a good link is that spam links are often advertising their link as containing content it does not and is an advertisement for a product, instead of containing an actual online video or other content that's relevant and allowed on SideReel pages.

Spamming also includes using redirect sites to add more than one link of the same content, and this often includes redirecting to add many of the same advertisement sites as well.

Due to many issues and complaints, zango will no longer be allowed in ANY form. As this falls under violation of SideReel's Link Adding Guidelines, sites will be banned if they use zango, and we can negotiate to unban only if zango is removed from the links posted on SideReel.

If you find links that you believe are spam, remove the link from the page. If you come across a page on the site that itself is spam, you can redirect it to our Spam page which is primarily for the purpose of redirecting these pages. To redirect a page, click to edit the page, then at the top of the page enter: RedirectTo:: Spam (type in Spam with two brackets on each side) which will then take anyone who tries to go to that page to the spam page instead, and rids the page from the site.

If you see many spam links or pages added by the same user or for the same site, report them to the SideReel team at spamsucks@sidereel.com. Include the site, and if possible, the page you found it on and the user who added it. You can see which user added the link by looking in the Link History on the page that the link was added to.

It's fine to make posts about spam issues on pages around the site as well as this gives the community a heads up about the issues, but the most direct and efficient way to make sure something is done about it is to report it to the SideReel team.

What does the SideReel team do about spam?

When we find spam or have spam reported to us, we check out the site to confirm that it's spam. If a site is indeed spam, it's blocked immediately, marked for site-wide removal, and the user adding those links is informed that the site has been banned.

If it is not spam, we see if there's a reason why a link was reported as spam. If the site that was linked to is in violation of our Link Adding Guidelines, then we will warn the user adding the links for that issue. If the bad behavior continues or if they don't remove the offending issue from their site, the site is blocked, and that user is informed of the ban.

Beyond reporting spam to the team and removing spam from the site, you can help by applying to be a SideReel Moderator! Moderators help clean up the site, and will soon have tools to better remove spam from the site. If you'd like to get more involved, e-mail us at make.me.a.moderator@sidereel.com.

Interested in talking to other users who are finding and fighting spam? We've got just the place for you - check out the Spam page on SideReel.

SideReel wants to help people find videos online. SideReel is not meant to be a promotional platform. Check out our Terms of Service for more.