http://communityguy.disqus.com/enThu, 23 Dec 2004 05:47:29 -0000http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/#comment-1464673I think it's actually both, Anna. Depends on the biz.JakeThu, 23 Dec 2004 05:47:29 -0000http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/#comment-1464672Long 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>JakeThu, 23 Dec 2004 05:45:22 -0000http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/#comment-1464671I 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>anna.Thu, 23 Dec 2004 05:43:26 -0000http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/#comment-1464670How 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>JenniferThu, 23 Dec 2004 05:26:14 -0000http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/#comment-1464669dear mister jake,<br>my name is mister oajkimetir from ouganda and i am offering you a business opportunity that you may consider...</br><br></br><br>ah ah ah</br><br></br><br>i am joking</br><br></br><br>ciao</br><br></br><br>jm</br><br>paris</br>jmWed, 22 Dec 2004 22:51:54 -0000http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/#comment-1464668Now 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></br>AnimeshWed, 22 Dec 2004 22:51:04 -0000http://www.communityguy.com/479/comment-spammers/#comment-1464667i think we're going to start getting spam via cell phone text messaging soon!! arrgg!<br></br><br>www.enemykombatant.blogspot.com</br>janisjinWed, 22 Dec 2004 20:53:23 -0000