Short answer: Leave flattering but spammy comments on various blogs about what a great blogger I am and what a great (fill in the blank) you are.
That’ll do it. 
Is it just me, or is the content of spam changing these days?
I hate spam. Ah, don’t we all. I’m one of those unique individuals who has no use for V*****a, Ci***s, Pri****s, ****** ****, and ******** with *******. None at all. I don’t need a new toupee, don’t need a colon cleanse, and I don’t want to watch any videos of… you or anyone else.
Anyone who has an email address or a blog knows that absolute CRAP that comes from spammers. It’s staggering– not necessarily the AMOUNT of spam I get (that’s a given), but the utter filth and disgusting topics. There has got to be an explanation for it. I mean, do spammers REALLY think everyone will come flocking to their website to see/buy their product/service, after SPAMMING us so disgustingly and incessantly?! Please tell me how this new marketing scheme is successful?!
So we bloggers have learned to shut off spam. I scroll through the Akismet pages as quickly as I can, reluctantly but speedily skimming the comments in case a *real* comment is caught in the loop. But one made me stop in my tracks. HAHA! Is this a joke?!
Hi – I don’t comment on many web sites but had to on yours. It well done much! I really like how your writeing– very to point, unlike the of other blogs. Keep up the great works! Come see my good stuff, too. It is all about what you are talking about and you will like it.
It seems spammers are changing their tactics. Their spam is no longer filled with 20,000 links to ***** sites with gruesome descriptions. Now, they seem to be cozying up to us, flattering us, complimenting us on our style or even our blog theme. And then they have the gall to leave their link to their site, saying how wonderful they are, how much I’ll love their latest new blog blurb! Are they THAT dumb? Do they think WE are that dumb? That we’ll all come running to visit their websites, infect our machines with viruses, and ruin our lives?!
I AM NOT FOOLED, you SPAMMING SCUM!!! Die die die!!!
This has got to end somehow. I am SO TIRED of the spam. *sigh*
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
And the last spamamer I would ever visit was one who couldn’t spell!
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I should correct that to “spammer.” Ooops.
November 22nd, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Patricia, your comment(s) are funny on SO many levels!! LOL!!!!
November 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I guess now wouldn’t be a good time to get you started about email spam as well…
I decided a few weeks ago to make fun of my spammers. If you spam my blog, be prepared to be the topic of a blog post or a Twitter rant. In fact, a few will probably be part of my post tomorrow. I’m already planning on making fun of the Blog Catalog members (spammers) who leave me PM’s saying they clicked on my ads (What ads? I got rid of Adsense months ago.) and want me to click on theirs. They annoy me just as much as the ones who come to my blog and say the same. If that doesn’t get rid of my frustration, I may have to borrow that frying pan from Mr. Smiley up there.
November 22nd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I am not plagued with email spam like I am blog spam. I think my ISP has a pretty good handle on the email. But WordPress attracts comment spam like crazy. It is infuriating! Feel free to bang away with your frying pan!!
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I’m not plaqued by spam the way you are though I did receive the other day that was, as you described, very complimentary. I think they are looking for friends, the hated ones. If the misspellings aren’t enough, the poor english is over the edge!
There must be lots of people who fall for this stuff, otherwise, why would it continue?