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external link that meets the guidelines is one called "Australia's largest personalised car broker", which is not only factually incorrect (unless evidence exists otherwise) but also so spammy that even Google
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I think the original external links were better (i.e. to carbroker.com.au and findcars.com.au. It was left well alone for a few months and all were (seemingly) happy. Then spammers came and inserted links to directory sites. I went in and restored the original links, only to be told that the only
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OK, everyone seems very NOT SPAMMERS here. I have been a very old contributor, even when i dont know how to sign up. When I learn some new topic, i do more research and find more information than that is present in wikipedia. I started learning about the car leasing industry in australia and
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