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Comment Spam: Posting blog comments for the purpose of generating an inlink to another site. The reason many blogs use link condoms.

Blog Comment Spam: Either manually or automatically (via a software program) adding low value or no value comments to other sites. As time passes both manual and automated blog comment spam systems are evolvin . . . View Full Definition

Spam Filter: Systems that watch for spam and block it before it can hit the inbox. Spam filters can be complaint or content based.

Spam-Trap Address: An email address that is set up specifically to catch people who are harvesting addresses or using directory attacks to send unsolicited email. Used by Brightmail, ISPs and many in the anti- . . . View Full Definition

Spam: This is to transmit unwanted messages, usually over email, to a great many people.

SpamAd Page: A Made For Adsense/Advertisement page which uses scraped or machine generated text for content, and has no real value to users other than the slight value of the adds. Spammers sometimes cre . . . View Full Definition

Spamcop: A blacklist and IP-address database, formerly privately owned but now part of the email vendor Ironport. Many ISPs check the IP addresses of incoming email against Spamcop's records to deter . . . View Full Definition

Spamming: The act of creating and distributing spam.

Spammer: A person who uses spam to pursue a goal.

Spamdexing: Spamdexing or search engine spamming is the practice of deceptively modifying web pages to increase the chance of them being placed close to the beginning of search engine results, or to inf . . . View Full Definition