Somebody, somewhere, simply has to tell me how in the name of Jesus' penis comment spammers benefit from their comment spam. I've been deleting the crap for years, and I still can't quite wrap my mind around the business angle of comment spam.
E-mail spam I can kinda, sorta see, because there are enough idiots to fall for the lure of Nigerian royalty, and the siren call of millions of dollars. But comment spam? I just don't get it.
Posted by Ryan at October 27, 2008 07:54 AM | TrackBackIt's an attempt to game the Google Pagerank system, by putting lots and lots of links to the various wang embiggening sites on lots and lots of blogs. So that when Tiny McWeiner searches for help, the spammer's site floats to the top.
In theory.
Posted by: Keith at October 27, 2008 10:36 AMPenis Comment Spammer would be a sweet name for a speed metal band. But yeah, its about links in cyberspace that help push up their client wang growth sites. It doesn't really work, wastes a huge amount of time and annoys people but it still isn't gonna stop anytime soon. Bummer.
Posted by: Erik at October 27, 2008 05:09 PM
Stumble It!
