Category Archives: spam

pull the other one

Posted on Monday, 2020 March 09 by Anton

This week I’ve had a flood of mail with titles like VIDEO OF YOU! and YOU GOT RECORDED!. A tweetmate asked me to save and share one, so here it is.

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strange spurts

Posted on Sunday, 2017 January 01 by Anton

In a period of 41 seconds on December 21, this site got hits purportedly following links from 75 different pages on scholarsandrogues.com, 21 on russia-insider.com, 21 on www.africaresource.com, 21 on irwinvillagetourzjamaica.com, 20 on jaykeating.com, 18 on *.ox.ac.uk, 17 on www.zylstra.org, … Continue reading →

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a little effort, eh?

Posted on Monday, 2016 November 21 by Anton

My busiest comment-spammer is not even trying: stuff like “syycvugmerscztigiejbuzgshfmb”. Come on now!

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uncanny tedium

Posted on Thursday, 2016 November 17 by Anton

A month or two ago, the load of junkmail intercepted for me by Pobox suddenly jumped from about one hundred pieces a day to well over two hundred. (The difference, to judge by titles, consists of repeated pleadings from alleged … Continue reading →

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SEOperstition

Posted on Tuesday, 2016 May 31 by Anton

I get this comment a lot: Hello Web Admin, I noticed that your On-Page SEO is is missing a few factors, for one you do not use all three H tags in your post, also I notice that you are … Continue reading →

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referral spam

Posted on Saturday, 2016 January 02 by Anton

Each month I look through my HTTP log for new incoming links. Most of them are phony. In December, Russian porno was up and other commercial spam was down.

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is insincere appreciation better than nothing?

Posted on Wednesday, 2015 November 18 by Anton

This may be the most effusive comment ever received on this modest blog: Thanks so much for providing individuals with remarkably terrific opportunity to discover important secrets from here. It is usually so fantastic and as well , full of … Continue reading →

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