Comments on: How Do Comment Spammers Make Money? http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/ Somewhere Around the Psychology, Philosophy and Theology Section at Your Local Library. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:36:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-713 Reg Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:26:44 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-713 Thank you Harry. I hope you don't mind if I post about your unique site. I'm a huge fan of specialized publications. Reg Thank you Harry.
I hope you don’t mind if I post about your unique site.
I’m a huge fan of specialized publications.
Reg

]]> By: Harry http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-712 Harry Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:14:41 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-712 Insulted by spam, I screen the few comments I receive. So much of what is being disseminated online strikes me as spurious and impersonal. It is always a relief to happen upon writers who, like you, render a service to the public (and generously acknowledge their fellow journalists, no matter how obscure their work). Thank you, Reg, and continued success. Harry Insulted by spam, I screen the few comments I receive. So much of what is being disseminated online strikes me as spurious and impersonal. It is always a relief to happen upon writers who, like you, render a service to the public (and generously acknowledge their fellow journalists, no matter how obscure their work). Thank you, Reg, and continued success. Harry

]]> By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-706 Reg Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:06:33 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-706 Karen, I don't know if it's odd or diabolical. Karen,
I don’t know if it’s odd or diabolical.

]]> By: Mother Earth http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-701 Mother Earth Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:28:10 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-701 I'm with you and don't have a clue how it works, I thought these emails had to be opened in order for the spammer to make money. I have a nice aggressive email spam filter, and yet a few real emails find there way and so I have to sort, when I do I am creeped out at how the titles of these emails seemingly pick up titles or names of my emails - it's all rather odd. I’m with you and don’t have a clue how it works, I thought these emails had to be opened in order for the spammer to make money. I have a nice aggressive email spam filter, and yet a few real emails find there way and so I have to sort, when I do I am creeped out at how the titles of these emails seemingly pick up titles or names of my emails - it’s all rather odd.

]]> By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-692 Reg Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:28:53 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-692 Okay, I guess that explains the... “I don’t understand all of the post you wrote on (insert post title here). But, it looks interesting. I guess I just need to do more research.” bait. But, what about the stuff that is complete gibberish like the first example. Does the simple fact that the link is there increase their search engine ranking? Okay, I guess that explains the…
“I don’t understand all of the post you wrote on (insert post title here). But, it looks interesting. I guess I just need to do more research.” bait. But, what about the stuff that is complete gibberish like the first example. Does the simple fact that the link is there increase their search engine ranking?

]]> By: That MindTweaks Chick http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-691 That MindTweaks Chick Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:53:13 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/2008/02/17/how-do-comment-spammers-make-money/#comment-691 Here's my eddycated guess... Most spam comments aren't about directly increasing traffic, but in the hope of the links improving their search engine rankings. Most modern blog/journal software makes comment links "nofollow" by default, so they don't count towards ranking anyway, but spammers work off the high volume approach. I'm just tossing out numbers here, but.... Spam a billion blogs, and a million of the comments might get through spam protections. Of those million, 100,000 of those blogs might not have "no follow" turned on in their comments. Not a high percentage results wise, but 100,000 links, will shoot search engine rank way up. There are probably a few companies out there paying spammers for traffic per click, too... in which case the spammers don't care if the click was from a visitor to your site, or from you, checking to see if it was spam. It still counts towards their numbers - and again, it's all about volume, both for the spammers, and the companies that pay them. Here’s my eddycated guess…

Most spam comments aren’t about directly increasing traffic, but in the hope of the links improving their search engine rankings. Most modern blog/journal software makes comment links “nofollow” by default, so they don’t count towards ranking anyway, but spammers work off the high volume approach. I’m just tossing out numbers here, but…. Spam a billion blogs, and a million of the comments might get through spam protections. Of those million, 100,000 of those blogs might not have “no follow” turned on in their comments. Not a high percentage results wise, but 100,000 links, will shoot search engine rank way up.

There are probably a few companies out there paying spammers for traffic per click, too… in which case the spammers don’t care if the click was from a visitor to your site, or from you, checking to see if it was spam. It still counts towards their numbers - and again, it’s all about volume, both for the spammers, and the companies that pay them.

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