Re:Who are the polite Indians?
by timrobinson on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @09:57AM
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I'm pretty sure they're SEO spam: the flattering comment is to make sure it gets approved by the blog admin, but the aim is to increase the number of links to http://Yourwebsite.
I get stacks of these daily, so I make sure I only approve rude or unflattering comments on my blog.
I think he meant http://Yourwebsite is actually how it looks like (i.e. not a real website), so it can't be spam
Maybe it's intended as SEO spam, but the people who wrote it made a mistake?
Re:Who are the polite Indians?
by IgorPartola on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @10:25AM
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zavulon is correct, that is literally what they wrote. There were several like this. I suppose the great-grandparent post is correct: they are using this to make sure their name comes up with clean results on Google.
These are just like the spams with a subject line of "[FIRST NAME], get Vi@gr@ here' - they are posted by scripts that are operated by people who can't even fill in the configuration fields of the software they use, or who write buggy code that doesn't do proper text substitution. It's quite funny sometimes.
Re:Who are the polite Indians?
by aniket_ray on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @10:21AM
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This phenomenon is probably explained differently. I think this is SEO but not necessarily spam.
If they are using their real names, I think these are more likely ego-trips. People are probably trying to flood their names online. This may also be about portraying a clean online image whenever anyone searches about them.
I'm pretty sure those are automated test posts by link spammers. Approve one comment like that and I'll bet you'll be flooded with comments that actually point somewhere.
Re:Who are the polite Indians?
by maciejgryka on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @11:06AM
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I had the same issue. After installing reCAPTCHA (it's a WordPress blog) the problem disappeared immediately, which proves it was spam.
I got comments like this:
"Substantially, the write-up is really the freshest on that deserving subject. I harmonise along with your conclusions as well as surely will eagerly look ahead for your long term updates. Saying many thanks certainly will not simply just be sufficient, for your exceptional lucidity as part of your creating. I can directly seize your rss feed to remain privy of any sort of updates. Gratifying operate and in addition much accomplishment in your organization enterprize!"
No idea where it all came from. The links they leave are along the lines of http://Yourwebsite, so can't really be spam I guess. I don't get what the angle is.