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Please ban VasskoV...this is his only contribution so far -ts2do
Please ban VasskoV...this is his only contribution so far -ts2do
:That list of spam/links was uncalled for. Wonder what the point was. --[[User:Mark WiseCarver|wisemx]] 06:32, 30 Aug 2005 (PDT)
:That list of spam/links was uncalled for. Wonder what the point was. --[[User:Mark WiseCarver|wisemx]] 06:32, 30 Aug 2005 (PDT)
:: An attempt to increase search engine rankings, most likely. One aspect of Google's rankings involves counting links ''to'' a particular website, so spammers paste their links in any publicly-editable places they can. Fortunately, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_spam#nofollow Google now ignores such links in wikis], so it's meant to be a dying practice. Mr. VasskoV's time has been entirely wasted... ;-] --[[User:Cargo Cult|Cargo Cult]] 06:58, 30 Aug 2005 (PDT)

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Please ban VasskoV...this is his only contribution so far -ts2do

That list of spam/links was uncalled for. Wonder what the point was. --wisemx 06:32, 30 Aug 2005 (PDT)
An attempt to increase search engine rankings, most likely. One aspect of Google's rankings involves counting links to a particular website, so spammers paste their links in any publicly-editable places they can. Fortunately, Google now ignores such links in wikis, so it's meant to be a dying practice. Mr. VasskoV's time has been entirely wasted... ;-] --Cargo Cult 06:58, 30 Aug 2005 (PDT)