On 01/01/12 04:47, Don Juan wrote: > On 12/30/2011 10:00 PM, Layna wrote: >> ADVANCED CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING >> Thursday, 16th February 2012, 9:00am - 5:00pm, Amara Singapore >> <snipped>
>> >> Yours sincerely, >> Layna O. Francisco >> Programme Coordinator >> Fortress Stupidity Pte Ltd >> 10 Anson Road >> #34-11 International Plaza >> Singapore 079903 >> Tel: (65) 6334 8311 >> Fax: (65) 6334 8511 >> www.fortressssstupidity.con.sg >> >> > Why is there so much spam like this on these boards? I belong to a few > boards and only the Debian boards do I get spam on a daily basis being > sent to the message boards? > Because these lists don't pre-screen posts. Because these lists have more subscribers and re-publishers than any other lists. Because the people who post these messages aren't interested in advertising to you or I - they are SEO[*1] companies looking for (and getting[*2]) backlinks that they sell to their clients as a service that supposedly[*3] elevates their ranking in search results. Please don't repost their details - you only help them scam their clients and encourage them to spam the lists. They lower the value of the internet which is bad for everyone. [*1]in this case - Scum of the Earth Organisations [*2]until enough people contact Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yandex, and others and report them for spamming the lists. eg.:- https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?hl=en [*3]until Google penalises them for spamming and link farming - by relegating them off the first pages of search results. Happy New Year -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4effa508.2080...@gmail.com