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Link farm

Nicolae Sfetcu — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:17:10 +0000

On the World Wide Web, a link farm is any group of web pages that all hyperlink to every other page in the group. Although some link farms can be created by hand, most are created through automated programs and … Read More

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History of spamming

Nicolae Sfetcu — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:59:32 +0000

“SPAM” a 19th Century Problem In the late 19th Century Western Union allowed telegraphic messages on its network to be sent to multiple destinations. Up until the Great Depression wealthy North American residents would be deluged with nebulous investment offers. … Read More

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Political issues for spam

Nicolae Sfetcu — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:53:46 +0000

Spamming remains a hot discussion topic. In fact, many online users have even suggested (though they were presumably joking) that cruel forms of capital punishment would be appropriate for spammers. In 2004, the seized Porsche of an indicted spammer was … Read More

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Alternate meanings of spam

Nicolae Sfetcu — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:52:55 +0000

The term “spamming” is also used in the older sense of something repetitious and disruptive by players of various video games, most often first-person shooters or fighting games. For shooters, it refers to “area denial” tactics—repeatedly firing rockets or other … Read More

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Spam history

Nicolae Sfetcu — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:06:44 +0000

The term spam is derived from the Monty Python SPAM sketch, set in a cafe where everything on the menu includes SPAM luncheon meat. As the server recites the SPAM-filled menu, presently a chorus of Viking patrons drowns out all … Read More

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Noncommercial spam

Nicolae Sfetcu — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:23:05 +0000

E-mail and other forms of spamming have been used for purposes other than advertisements. Many early Usenet spams were religious or political in nature. Serdar Argic, for instance, spammed Usenet with historical revisionist screeds. A number of evangelists have spammed … Read More

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Commercial uses of spam

Nicolae Sfetcu — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:24:41 +0000

The most common purpose for spamming is advertising. Goods commonly advertised in spam include pornography, unlicensed computer software, medical products such as Viagra, credit card accounts, and fad products. In part because of the bad reputation (and dubious legal status) … Read More

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Email Marketing Services and CAN-SPAM Compliance

Nicolae Sfetcu — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:37:30 +0000

Because the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 authorizes an USD 11,000 penalty per violation for spamming each individual recipient, many commercial e-mail marketers within the United States utilize a service or special software that helps ensure compliance with the Act. A … Read More

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Spam targeting search engines (Spamdexing)

Nicolae Sfetcu — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:20:35 +0000

Spamdexing (a portmanteau of spamming and indexing) refers to the practice on the World Wide Web of deliberately modifying HTML pages to increase the chance of them being placed high on search engine relevancy lists. People who do this are … Read More

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E-mail spam

Nicolae Sfetcu — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:20:04 +0000

E-mail spam is by far the most common form of spamming on the internet. It involves sending identical or nearly identical unsolicited messages to a large number of recipients. Unlike legitimate commercial e-mail, spam is generally sent without the explicit … Read More

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