Spam

I was reading my mail in my Gmail Interface... clearing out a little bit of the spam folder when I noticed that ad for Spam recipes.

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I don't know that you can assume when someone is in their spam folder they are really all that interested in Spam... but maybe I am wrong. continue reading...

Maybe De-legitimize isn't a word...

A couple of weeks ago I wondered if companies were less relevant if they have to use spam. Microsoft had used some comment spam on another blog I maintain. I guess it is becoming more and more common place for a legitimate company to spam other sites in order to get traffic.

Alex at the Sunbelt Blog pointed out that even security companies are starting to use spam... to give you tools to avoid spam, no less.

You know, the least they could have done was used correct spelling... or make it a little relevant to the conversation. So, the question I pose... is a company less legitimate if it has to use spam to drive traffic? continue reading...

One of my many projects is managing a blog that posts news and opinion for the copier, printer and document management industry at http://www.OfficeProductNews.net/.

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a news story about Captaris and Microsoft. Today, Microsoft decided to spam my site a little. Well, I think it is a little spammy. "Fred" at Microsoft wanted to post a comment that blatantly points my readers to their Server 2008 launch site. Check out the comment: continue reading...