The German Spam Ring
Over the past few months I’ve been getting comments on this blog from Germans. Now, that’s great, especially since a lot of them are regarding sIFR. Something smells fishy, however. The sites behind these comments aren’t the typical sites you would expect from web developers, they are quite ugly and don’t seem to serve a real purpose. After seeing yet another weird comment today, I decided to dive into this a bit further.
They Searched, Came, and Left in Utter Confusion
Or: how good markup and interesting content can lead to absurd search engine rankings.



