Comments on: Whom do blog spammers think they’re fooling? http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/whom-do-blog-spammers-think-theyre-fooling/ Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/whom-do-blog-spammers-think-theyre-fooling/comment-page-1/#comment-2561 Rob Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:22:19 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=761#comment-2561 One of my personal favorites is when someone comments something like this: "I was searching for something else and came across your blog. Nice work." And of course they're linking back to some marketing/pharmacy/viagra/porn site. One of the "best" of these phony comments I remember getting is when I made a post that was maybe 3 sentences at best, giving just a quick apology for a server outage. One of these spammers jumped on it with: "Man I love this blog. Keep the good posts coming!" Yes, it was a viagra link too. One of my personal favorites is when someone comments something like this:

“I was searching for something else and came across your blog. Nice work.”

And of course they’re linking back to some marketing/pharmacy/viagra/porn site.

One of the “best” of these phony comments I remember getting is when I made a post that was maybe 3 sentences at best, giving just a quick apology for a server outage. One of these spammers jumped on it with:

“Man I love this blog. Keep the good posts coming!” Yes, it was a viagra link too.

]]> By: Atomac http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/whom-do-blog-spammers-think-theyre-fooling/comment-page-1/#comment-2369 Atomac Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:24:34 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=761#comment-2369 Even more laughable are the ones that are either a series of links of a pile of rubbish - just jumbled up letters and things. Even more laughable are the ones that are either a series of links of a pile of rubbish – just jumbled up letters and things.

]]> By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/whom-do-blog-spammers-think-theyre-fooling/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 ubuntucat Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:49:42 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=761#comment-2365 Oh, I know that. I guess my point is why I would keep the comment around long enough for it to be indexed by search engines? Oh, I know that. I guess my point is why I would keep the comment around long enough for it to be indexed by search engines?

]]> By: Alejandro http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/whom-do-blog-spammers-think-theyre-fooling/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Alejandro Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:19:44 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=761#comment-2363 The point of comment spam is gaining pagerank. It's a blackhat SEO technique. Nobody's ever going to click on those links The point of comment spam is gaining pagerank. It’s a blackhat SEO technique. Nobody’s ever going to click on those links

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