I got the following comment from a spam-bot last week. In case you don't know, spam bots leave comments all over the internet in an attempt to drive up their Google search ranking. (When Google sees a URL on another site, it counts it as a "vote" for that site. The more votes your site has across the internet, the more weight Google gives it and the higher you rank in search results.)
So I get lots of spam comments from people trying to sell shoes, services, etc.
I usually just delete them but this one caught my attention because it was a spam comment from someone looking to sell resume writing services.
Would you hire this person?
Sounds as admitting he absolutely is sorry. I'm animated he adored himself and got to play in his game. :) Kids (or maybe it's just boys) don't assume to apperceive their own backbone at that age. I accept a 9 year old and -to-be 6 year old, and it amazes me the abolition and accident they can do.
Update: The second comment that I got on this post was from "Buy Viagra."
I would totally hire this bot, if for no other reason than to spread a little laughter around the world.
Posted by: Chelle | February 06, 2012 at 09:43 PM
Why limit the bot's skills to resume? I want it for all my personal correspondence.
Posted by: Leta | February 06, 2012 at 09:52 PM
Can bot send my work emails? I know my clients would love it.
Posted by: christin | February 06, 2012 at 09:57 PM
Assolutively! Your blog is so beautiful, sir. Keep uup your work. I mnentione your post on twiter. Yeah!
Sorry--couldn't resist---love those damn bots! :)
Posted by: Muffintopmommy | February 06, 2012 at 09:57 PM
Ha! They left almost the same exact comment on my blog, they aren't even original. Lame.
Posted by: MillenialMonstr | February 06, 2012 at 10:06 PM
As 9 to -6-old years accident abolish the cash to missive..
Oh, to hell with it. The scary thing is, I understand the bot post about as well as some posts I've seen by real people, adolescent and adult.
Posted by: Elsmama | February 06, 2012 at 10:37 PM
I definitely wouldn't hire him, but I might be interested in some Viagra.
Posted by: alaina | February 06, 2012 at 11:26 PM
One time I got a whole epic wartime saga (in separate spambot posts) with brilliant lines like:
"My crew has earned, as a unit! We became one body under the name the TANK!
To hear a portable radio set. The clang of a shell exhausted in the tool created a sound of swords. WOMEN!!!!!! During such moments I recollect, what fig I became the tankman! There is"
"WHAT FIG I BECAME THE TANKMAN"...I wish my writing was as awesome...le sigh. I can't recall what they were advertising though...makeup, perhaps?
Posted by: Unwoventapestry.wordpress.com | February 07, 2012 at 12:52 AM
I would hire this resume writer if I was auditioning to play an intellectually impaired person :p
Posted by: Kez | February 07, 2012 at 02:28 AM
Yeah - I have to weed through my SPAM manually, because legit comments often get deleted. But by and large, it is only the weird resellers of unexpected goods
Posted by: Jessie Powell | February 07, 2012 at 08:23 AM
What I love about my bots is how smart they make me feel. They're all "this is great information" and "I'd value this a 10/10". And I'm all "I know! You so get me!".
Then I delete them and go back to my regularly scheduled day of children telling me I'm the worst mom ever.
Posted by: Sharon | February 07, 2012 at 09:24 AM
Hilarious! Ramblings of an uneducated nut-job. (:^)
Posted by: D Magazine (Dawne Strehl) | February 07, 2012 at 01:44 PM
I get tons of spam bots on my site. I'm not sure why, but they all flock to me. I had 821 spam comments in January. (Down from 4,142 in December and 9,063 in November, partially thanks to some anti-spam actions I took.)
Most of these get caught by Akismet, but a few slip through. These seem to be human-powered spam. They look like they come from someone who has read, comprehended, and replied to my post... until you check out the URL and see it goes to some shop selling something shady and not-at-all related to my post.
I'll admit, I agonize over these. I don't get many valid comments. Do I delete the comment? Just remove the URL? Let it stay and pretend I didn't see the URL? (Ok, the last one's not really an option.)
Posted by: TechyDad | February 07, 2012 at 01:45 PM
This guy would write the best resumés. But you would need to be 5 wine glasses in to grasp the depth.
Posted by: Kat | February 07, 2012 at 02:19 PM
I was spammed by someone claiming to be a political figure in Africa that is looking to mentally escape the horrors of his country by visiting my blog. I was honored!
Posted by: Real Dad | February 07, 2012 at 09:28 PM
At least that is motivational spam!
Posted by: Kit | February 07, 2012 at 10:40 PM
@TechyDad Maybe you should make it take 3 page clicks to leave a comment - with 4k+ spam comments you'd have some good page views that you could market to advertisers!
Posted by: Kit | February 07, 2012 at 10:42 PM
AHA - that is where my comment went about your hotel stay. You thought I was selling something. I was wondering why it was deleted.
Posted by: Tawny | February 08, 2012 at 09:50 AM