Kitchen spam!

[DandelionFrosting]

Would it be worth anything to report them to Google, do you think? Google has a form for reporting spammy web sites. They probably already know about them, but you never know. Do they get worse if they know you've reported them, or anything?

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools ... form?hl=en

[TravellingMum]

Oh yes, please I think the mods are amazing! You guys do an incredible job, and it must be such a pain to physically go through each of these posts and delete them. nightmare job for you all. So thank you.
No my comment is nothing about that, i was really just wondering if there is something I can do to filter out words so it doesn't come up for me or something. Kind of the opposite of 'search this topic'. Probably not, sounds a little unrealistic!!

But yes Meerkatsmum it is meaning I actually don't come on very often these days, but I also know it is a time zone thing. Anyway thanks for all your work mods

[StJuniper]

The k-----n spam usually starts piling up just as I'm about to get to sleep (11pmish Eastern Standard Time) and I think a LOT of the spam links that happen over night happen in that window (there's usually about 20 when I sign off). Which is to say, if I can help, I volunteer. I'd take an unholy glee in zapping k------n threads.

[meerkatsmum]

It's starting...

[DandelionFrosting]

Yup! Right in time for Saurus's nap.

[MissKitty]

Oh my golly gosh they've been busy overnight! I have never seen so much in Random Thoughts and Active Topics was a sight to behold. Idiots (actual/auto).

Presumably their IPs are known to mods or superuser tech admin? I manage a team of very geeky people (we are web server/service admins) - will have a word at work later and see if thery know of anything that may help with robustifying against this kind of cr@pola if that would be helpful..?

[shye]

The trouble is they use different IPS every time

[emzit]

Yes, they were shocking today. I was on around 1.45pm my time and there was I think 1 proper thread hidden amongst over 60 evil spam threads.

None after logging on tonight, well done mods. You rock.

[Gizmo]

I often see quite a few, if you guys want a hand deleting them then let me know. I'm online on and off all day and late at night so it wouldn't be a problem to delete a few spammy threads.

[handstand79]

I'd be happy to help too. I'm usually surfing while feeding as they start coming through!

[DIMDongMerrily]

Happy to help here too if needed

[TravellingMum]

Ok so the spammer today is called by the day of the week - clever name. And is pretty clever in that she has not written the name of our 'favourite' room in the house - she has put spaces in. And spaces in the web address as well. This is not automated!!! sneaky sneaky.

[Laura Tyewa]

No, they are real people who are paid to jump through every hoop we put in front of them.

[StJuniper]

But if there are spaces in the web address, doesn't that nullify the whole Google search ranking thing?

[TravellingMum]

You know... if you can't beat them.... maybe we should all be employed by them as well, I wonder if the pay is good