Some of the comment spam I get on this site is bewildering, but this one takes the biscuit. Given that most comment spam attempts to boost the spammer’s Google PageRankâ„¢ by inserting links to their own sites, I just can’t see the motivation for this:
IP Address: 205.236.34.1 Name: search engine Email Address: google@yahoo.nl URL: http://www.google.com Comment: i come from best search engine http://www.google.com
Published at 11:37 am on August 18th, 2005.
Topics: Personal Publishing
2 Comments
Many, many blogs have been spammed by this.
Comment by Tim at 3:07 pm on August 18th, 2005 #link
Also noted at Cynical-C and Classical Values. Theories include testing for sites lax comment approval policies (to sell to other spammers), and an attempt to get people blacklist Google.
Comment by Tim at 3:35 pm on August 18th, 2005 #link