Archive for October 30th, 2008

Tony Stark’s Dad Called Me Today.

Written by andy on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 in Comic Books, GamersCircle.

If you know me, then you know that my favorite comic book super is Iron Man. (I said so yesterday) and I have some nice statues and action figures to strut as well:

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So, today at the shop.  While I was bagging, pricing and boarding comics.  The phone rang (it happens) but, I was awe struck (a little) to see who was calling:

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A New Breed Of Comment Spam

Written by andy on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 in GamersCircle.

I have noticed on this site and the main site, a new kind of blog spam.  Basically relevant comments, being written by real people but linking to spam sites. I have noticed an increased number of these types of comments.

It would seem that those that make money from comment spamming are feeling the pinch and are not using real people. It is very apparent when you load the linked URL, they either try to link it from their contact info or are trying to hide a hyperlink in a period or single word so that it is not so obvious when you view the comment thread.

Bots are relative easy to beat but if spammers are using real people to leave relevant comments linking to their spam sites this will be a bigger challenge.



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