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martin-f · 30-06-09, 02:47 AM

what do they do in basic terms

Analoguesat · 30-06-09, 10:09 AM

They are software bots that literally crawl the site picking up all the info posted so that it turns up on the search engines.

Which is why the spammers try so hard to post live links on popular forums like this one - the more links back to a site the better it does in the search rankings

Youcan very often spot a spammer thats just joined the forum. You get 10 quick posts in succession on random areas of the forum joining in discussions with pointlesss comments like

"good information"
"thanks for that man"

Once they have their 10 posts up you get the link dropped to whichever crappy site they are trying to push.

Analoguesat · 30-06-09, 10:10 AM

I sometimes play games with an obvious spammer if Im bored and have a few minutes to kill - let them get to 8 posts then delete a few of them

martin-f · 30-06-09, 01:18 PM

thanks analoguesat
i was just looking late this morning who's online and they was a fair few on
your answer clears this up
thanks again

30-06-09, 02:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
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30-06-09, 10:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	Re: AskJeeves Spider etc They are software bots that literally crawl the site picking up all the info posted so that it turns up on the search engines. Which is why the spammers try so hard to post live links on popular forums like this one - the more links back to a site the better it does in the search rankings Youcan very often spot a spammer thats just joined the forum. You get 10 quick posts in succession on random areas of the forum joining in discussions with pointlesss comments like "good information" "thanks for that man" Once they have their 10 posts up you get the link dropped to whichever crappy site they are trying to push. __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

30-06-09, 10:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	Re: AskJeeves Spider etc I sometimes play games with an obvious spammer if Im bored and have a few minutes to kill - let them get to 8 posts then delete a few of them __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

30-06-09, 01:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
martin-f Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,298 Thanks: 1,209 Thanked 1,315 Times in 912 Posts	Re: AskJeeves Spider etc thanks analoguesat i was just looking late this morning who's online and they was a fair few on your answer clears this up thanks again __________________ 1mtr orbital dish motorised azbox premium hd technomate 6900 hd combo "never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you on experience"

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