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Scott
Lv 7
Scott asked in Consumer ElectronicsCameras · 1 decade ago

What is up with all the "open the 3rd or 4th link" responses? Camera, Camcorder, cell phone, Laptop.?

I see them a lot in the Camera section, are they doing this simply for the "points", do they get paid for sending hits to a web-page, is it a more sinister conspiracy ;-)

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  • 1 decade ago
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    They're bots. They're programmed so that when a certain word is used in the question on an answer to the question they'll post that link to try and get hits for that site.

    It's done for a lot of sites. That's just the most obvious one as it's done a lot.

    There's some that will link to an item on amazon and give you all the details of that item. They will have been set up by a seller through amazon who's trying to sell their stuff on amazon.

    They're just bots. Just report them and all will be good.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Spammers. It's possible they are affiliate spammers, who get paid for click-throughs, so don't click their links.

    Just report any of these you see.

    You can also help out by finding the Spam Battle topic in the Suggestion Board:

    http://suggestions.yahoo.com/?prop=answers

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    its an automated response system

    these machines look for specific words and they will use that answers

    dont click on them alot of the time there tracking adds and viruses

    i know exactly what you are talking about its really annoying

    and its a different user everytime

  • 1 decade ago

    Spam.

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  • Elvis
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    we need to stop this

    when we see them

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