Complimentary Comment Spam

I mentioned previously that comment spam on the site seems to be on an uptick.  I must have passed some magic threshold of notoriety as the level of spam is holding steady.  I was rather hoping it was some sort of spammer’s rush to hit totals before summer.

The comment spam seems to be primarily about the following topics in order of frequency:

1. Online Gambling
2. Automotive Insurance
3. Online Pharmacies
4. Porn
5. Home Refinancing

The topics ebb and flow.  Today seemed to be online gambling and pharmacy day.  Other topics show up from time to time, like divorce attorneys and cheap airline tickets, but for the most part the five topics I listed make up the bulk of the traffic.

The comments themselves can contain any number of things.  Long lists of URLs, text from Wikipedia with links in it, index words and numbers that no doubt get used to track what comments get past the spam filter, gibberish, product endorsements, frank descriptions of associated URLs (usually porn), and compliments all make their way into the stream.

It is the compliments that are my favorite. 

You can read through those, ignoring the URLs pointing to Canadian Pharmacies and off shore gambling sites, and imagine that you have a huge and appreciative following who say things like:

• U’ve got good pics, the site could use a tiny bit of work (no offense) its still awesome
• Nice site, I have bookmarked your site yet and I will come back again ! You have a gratest site!
• Nice site and fine content
• A very interesting website. I plan to access it again when I get home and have more time. There is much I need to look into here.
• Congratulations on finally setting up your site. I am sure the website will become a internet legend
• This is a great web site. I have some great web pages myself if you are interested to share. But I should not go on about my site too much, that is not fair, right?
• Great site guys, please let me know if you are interested in exchanging links with us.
• Our site is cool, but also yours is very nice too
• Thanks for your site!
• Could you please send to me the contacts of developer of your site? It looks so damn good!
• Thank you for the great web site – a true resource, and one many people clearly enjoy
• Great work with this one, nicelly done!
• Hello, What a beautiful and awesome site. I adore what you?ve done with your setup and graphics. Thanks you so much.
• The stuff on this web site is really witty and cool wise
• Thank you, friends, for your sharing your ideas
• nice site indeed
• We loved the site, really loved it!
• Hi there, I must say that you have done a wonderful job on your site and I thoroughly enjoyed my stay here, I thank you for sharing it with me?
• I have admire your unselfishness in taking the time to make this web site.
• A very very nice site with helpful informations! So keep up the good work – I already added the site to my personal favourites. All the best!
• Howdy! Great site. Great content. Great! I can recommend this site to others!
• Thanks for a lovely site, I am very impressed
• great site great site great site BRAVO!
• Your site looks great! Best of luck to you.
• Nice work chief
• This is one super duper site
• I really enjoy looking through your website
• a really great homepage! i’m a big fan of your stuff although i’m just 16!
• Your site is a much needed addition to my life. THANK YOU!
• Hi! very amused by the website .
• I Googled for something completely different, but found your page?and have to say thanks. nice read.
• perfect site !!!!!!!! Perfect piece of work fellows !!!!!!!
• I dont even remember how i reached your site but it doesnt matter, cause i’m so happy i found it, it really made me think, keep up the good work
• In Zeiten von massenhaft Websitenm? Internet eine sehr gut aufgebaute Website, nicht ?mensioniertes Design und sehr gut recher-schierte Hintergrundinformationen.
• Informative professional site, whatmore can i say!!
• I come to your site because it keeps me entertained and aware of new things.
• I finally got a chance to check out your web page, and I must say that I?m impressed. Hope everything is going well. Take care!
• Exstremely lovely site. Very impressed about all the lesson there are to learn and to know how much help is there also. Keep up the great work

And, my all time favorite: 

• Your site is a refreshing change from the majority of sites I have visited. When I first started visiting web sites I was excited by the potential of the internet as a resource and was very disappointed initially. You have restored my enthusiasm and I thank you for your efforts to share your insights and help the world become a better place.

You would think you had changed somebody’s life, were it not for the fact that the name listed with the comment was “Best Italian Online Casino!”