Comments on: Splogs run amok http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/16/splogs-run-amok/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Joe http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/16/splogs-run-amok/#comment-1596 Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:02:28 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/10/16/splogs-run-amok/#comment-1596 It is hard to tell the main purpose for splogs. To begin with they seemed just another attempt at PageRank, but ad revenue is likely a major draw. I doubt we can really conclude either is more important to spammers. Maybe the whole point of splogs is that they can easily do both jobs. I had not heard about the malware angle, but I am sure it is possible and probably being used by some spammer. They could also be used for normal spyware/adware too. Rather than trying to take over the machine they may just be another way to display ads or gather tracking info they can sell to someone. Our wiki page on splogs: http://wiki.chongqed.org//Splog It is hard to tell the main purpose for splogs. To begin with they seemed just another attempt at PageRank, but ad revenue is likely a major draw. I doubt we can really conclude either is more important to spammers. Maybe the whole point of splogs is that they can easily do both jobs.

I had not heard about the malware angle, but I am sure it is possible and probably being used by some spammer. They could also be used for normal spyware/adware too. Rather than trying to take over the machine they may just be another way to display ads or gather tracking info they can sell to someone.

Our wiki page on splogs:
http://wiki.chongqed.org//Splog

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