i admit it, i read my spam.
Well, not the H3rb4l viGara ads or the various online thievery rings casinos, but the really odd ones. These fall in to several classes, mostly since i turn off HTML and strip attachments for my incoming mail. There are blocks of semi-nonsensical text that are always fun reads, as are the various HOT STOCK TIPS which just aren't panning out. In all fairness, they have doubled their market value in the past six months rising from $0.05 to a whopping $0.10 a share, but do you really want to line your portfolio with shares of "Dr. Squeeze International Inc." ?
Then, there are my favorites, the link exchanges.
These are folks that have latched onto the idea that if they can possibly raise their Google Rank above page 8,000 they'll break it big. Now, mind you, since they're spamming this out they've absolutely no idea what kind of site i run, and could very well damage whatever rank they may have by being associated with a bunch of "bad neighborhood" sites, but by gum, they desperately want the world to see their low, low prices on low pressure hydraulic release valve systems assembled with loving care by under-educated third world children, even if that means exchanging a link with a site that has absolutely nothing what-so-ever to do with them.
You know, i'm half tempted to start up a site featuring pictures of brutal fluffy bunny molestation just so i can list "Featured Linking Partners". What better way to really bring out the kind of prestige and awareness your British debt consolidation service needs that a nice prominent link on bunnybugger.com? Maybe you'll be featured as a Rabbit Rapist Rave Pick! What's more in with the other notable easy home finance sites, there would be a nice prominent link to BunnyBugger.com "The only way to come, is in a bunny's bum".
Granted, most of the rest of the site would be under construction, but the most disturbing picture would have to be the "Coming Soon" animated placeholder.
i tell you, it's pure marketing genius.
