Web Spam: Some Scams Directed at Webmasters and Siteowners
Spammers play a numbers game. They send out thousands of messages and will be happy if only one mark will fall for it. It’s cheap for them to send the messages and the potential return is great. Your standard spam email paints with a very broad brush, targeting everybody with an email address, offering just as many diverse goods and services. But a good marketer wants to target a more specific demographic. How about addressing just website owners? Nothing easier than that. Send spam comments to their blogs, don’t be afraid to use the “Contact Us” page or if you are really good, spam their...
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