Comments on: Comment Spammers http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:26:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jake http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Jake Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:47:29 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-355 I think it's actually both, Anna. Depends on the biz. I think it’s actually both, Anna. Depends on the biz.

]]> By: Jake http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Jake Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:45:22 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-354 Long story short, it's all about Google. Google counts each link to a particular site as a "vote". The more votes (or links from other places on the Web) a Web page gets, the higher it appears in the Google ranking. Comment spammers try to hide links in the many many blogs, which "games the system" - making Google rank the spam link pretty high. <br><br>So if a comment spammer is able to spam "No-Carb diets" on thousands of blogs, then when people Google "No-carb diets" the spammer's site comes up first on the Google results.<br><br>Like email, it doesn't take many successes to cover the costs of the many failures. Long story short, it’s all about Google. Google counts each link to a particular site as a “vote”. The more votes (or links from other places on the Web) a Web page gets, the higher it appears in the Google ranking. Comment spammers try to hide links in the many many blogs, which “games the system” – making Google rank the spam link pretty high.

So if a comment spammer is able to spam “No-Carb diets” on thousands of blogs, then when people Google “No-carb diets” the spammer’s site comes up first on the Google results.

Like email, it doesn’t take many successes to cover the costs of the many failures.

]]> By: anna. http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-353 anna. Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:43:26 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-353 I don't think it's the product distributors themselves who directly put up those ads. Rather they are given an advertising budget, and they choose the cheapest means via companies who do this for you.<br><br>I could be wrong though..<br><br>Nice blog I don’t think it’s the product distributors themselves who directly put up those ads. Rather they are given an advertising budget, and they choose the cheapest means via companies who do this for you.

I could be wrong though..

Nice blog

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Jennifer Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:26:14 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-352 How does it work? Does anybody ever buy any of their cr*p? Is a disgruntled recipient of your unwelcome spam likely to prove a lifetime customer?<br><br>I've never understood it, but they keep doing it, so I have to assume it pays. How does it work? Does anybody ever buy any of their cr*p? Is a disgruntled recipient of your unwelcome spam likely to prove a lifetime customer?

I’ve never understood it, but they keep doing it, so I have to assume it pays.

]]> By: Jake http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-36379 Jake Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:47:29 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-36379 I think it's actually both, Anna. Depends on the biz. I think it’s actually both, Anna. Depends on the biz.

]]> By: Jake http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-36378 Jake Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:45:22 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-36378 Long story short, it's all about Google. Google counts each link to a particular site as a "vote". The more votes (or links from other places on the Web) a Web page gets, the higher it appears in the Google ranking. Comment spammers try to hide links in the many many blogs, which "games the system" - making Google rank the spam link pretty high. <br></br><br>So if a comment spammer is able to spam "No-Carb diets" on thousands of blogs, then when people Google "No-carb diets" the spammer's site comes up first on the Google results.</br><br></br><br>Like email, it doesn't take many successes to cover the costs of the many failures.</br> Long story short, it’s all about Google. Google counts each link to a particular site as a “vote”. The more votes (or links from other places on the Web) a Web page gets, the higher it appears in the Google ranking. Comment spammers try to hide links in the many many blogs, which “games the system” – making Google rank the spam link pretty high.

So if a comment spammer is able to spam “No-Carb diets” on thousands of blogs, then when people Google “No-carb diets” the spammer’s site comes up first on the Google results.

Like email, it doesn’t take many successes to cover the costs of the many failures.

]]> By: anna. http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-36377 anna. Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:43:26 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-36377 I don't think it's the product distributors themselves who directly put up those ads. Rather they are given an advertising budget, and they choose the cheapest means via companies who do this for you.<br></br><br>I could be wrong though..</br><br></br><br>Nice blog</br> I don’t think it’s the product distributors themselves who directly put up those ads. Rather they are given an advertising budget, and they choose the cheapest means via companies who do this for you.

I could be wrong though..

Nice blog

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-36376 Jennifer Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:26:14 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-36376 How does it work? Does anybody ever buy any of their cr*p? Is a disgruntled recipient of your unwelcome spam likely to prove a lifetime customer?<br></br><br>I've never understood it, but they keep doing it, so I have to assume it pays.</br> How does it work? Does anybody ever buy any of their cr*p? Is a disgruntled recipient of your unwelcome spam likely to prove a lifetime customer?

I’ve never understood it, but they keep doing it, so I have to assume it pays.

]]> By: jm http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-351 jm Thu, 23 Dec 2004 03:51:54 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-351 dear mister jake,<br>my name is mister oajkimetir from ouganda and i am offering you a business opportunity that you may consider...<br><br>ah ah ah<br><br>i am joking<br><br>ciao<br><br>jm<br>paris dear mister jake,
my name is mister oajkimetir from ouganda and i am offering you a business opportunity that you may consider…

ah ah ah

i am joking

ciao

jm
paris

]]> By: Animesh http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Animesh Thu, 23 Dec 2004 03:51:04 +0000 http://antseyeview.com/communityguy.com/?p=479#comment-350 Now I actually feel happy when I recieve spam email. After all, it could have just cost the sucker who sent it 10$!! <br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/18/spam.lawsuit.ap/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Check this out!!</a> Now I actually feel happy when I recieve spam email. After all, it could have just cost the sucker who sent it 10$!!
Check this out!!

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