Comments on: Spam Bots: Flattery Will Almost Get You Everywhere http://cheekandbluster.com/2009/11/22/spam-bots-flattery-will-almost-get-you-everywhere/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:16:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kerry wood http://cheekandbluster.com/2009/11/22/spam-bots-flattery-will-almost-get-you-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5061 kerry wood Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:21:03 +0000 http://cheekandbluster.com/?p=1398#comment-5061 Oh. Thanks. Now I get it. Oh. Thanks. Now I get it.

]]> By: Derek http://cheekandbluster.com/2009/11/22/spam-bots-flattery-will-almost-get-you-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5020 Derek Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:51:00 +0000 http://cheekandbluster.com/?p=1398#comment-5020 Short answer: money. Not-as-short answer: the goal is to post links pointing to the spammer's web site in as many places as possible around the web, which artificially increases the site's search engine ranking. A higher ranking gets the spammer's site listed ahead of other sites in certain search results, increasing the number of potential visitors and potential paying customers for whatever crap the site peddles. The increased traffic can also translate to ad revenue, depending on what kind of ads they run on the site. Short answer: money.

Not-as-short answer: the goal is to post links pointing to the spammer’s web site in as many places as possible around the web, which artificially increases the site’s search engine ranking. A higher ranking gets the spammer’s site listed ahead of other sites in certain search results, increasing the number of potential visitors and potential paying customers for whatever crap the site peddles. The increased traffic can also translate to ad revenue, depending on what kind of ads they run on the site.

]]> By: kerry wood http://cheekandbluster.com/2009/11/22/spam-bots-flattery-will-almost-get-you-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5018 kerry wood Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:21:52 +0000 http://cheekandbluster.com/?p=1398#comment-5018 What benefit does the spammer accrue from this? What benefit does the spammer accrue from this?

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