Why spam ain't so bad...

Well, I finally got around to closing up the holes in the forums to stop the spam problem. I had hoped that we could allow anyone to post... but alas... the damn spambots don't seem to care about the desire for an open community. Anyhow, the upside to all of this is that I found a way to get the spam bots to do work for me. While I was taking a bit of time away from the site, the spam bots were busily visiting the site and posting links back to online casinos and pharmaceutical companies. This in turn changed the way my site was seen to Google's adwords. Overnight the bots intent to drive people to their sites had upgraded my keyword values so that I was earning more than ever when people clicked on the ads! So to the spambots, and their digital masters... I say thank you! And perhaps this is a way to benefit from the spammers and the companies they work for.

 

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