BS: freelance writer

06 Nov 11 - 07:36 AM (#3251288)
Subject: BS: freelance writer
From: johncharles

why do some threads which seem to have been inactive for a while suddenly start again with a guest name and the only message being "freelance writer"

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06 Nov 11 - 07:40 AM (#3251292)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: johncharles

p.s. the two I noticed today were
fretted fiddle
Origins:Amelia Earhart's Last Flight(Dave McEnery)
john

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06 Nov 11 - 08:44 AM (#3251321)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Monique

Because they were spams and where deleted as such

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06 Nov 11 - 08:44 AM (#3251322)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Monique

Oops! *were*

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06 Nov 11 - 09:49 AM (#3251343)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Jim Dixon

I don't see the point of the spam.

Do they think someone here is going to be inspired to hire a freelance writer because we have seen the words "freelance writer" incongruously added to a thread? Fat chance.

Maybe it's a secret plot to harm freelance writers and the people who hire them. I suppose it would frustrate people who use Google to search for "freelance writer" and end up at Mudcat.

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06 Nov 11 - 09:59 AM (#3251347)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: GUEST,999

Who IS Lance Writer?

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06 Nov 11 - 11:29 AM (#3251395)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Jim Dixon

OK, it just dawned on me what the point of the spam might be.

Ads on Mudcat pages—placed there by Google, I think—are frequently matched to the content.

So putting the words "freelance writer" in the text increases the chance that certain ads will appear.

Let's see what happens if I do this:

naked nude bare girls women chicks tits ass booty porn

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06 Nov 11 - 11:32 AM (#3251399)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Monique

A mysterious knight arbitrarily jailed who gets support from hidden devotees.

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06 Nov 11 - 11:34 AM (#3251401)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Jim Dixon

OK, I see an ad for "amazing joint relief." Is that related?

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06 Nov 11 - 11:57 AM (#3251423)
Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: GUEST,999

'OK, I see an ad for "amazing joint relief."'

Sounds like a good idea to me, but I always get the munchies, man.

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