629629 Sat Jun 20 03:46:27 -0700 2009 9 59 CHOW Feedback 0 4789576 What on earth is going on? Sat Jun 20 03:46:27 -0700 2009 116513 linguafood 1 4789607 Might explain some of it? http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/629337 Sat Jun 20 04:09:10 -0700 2009 4789576 14495 viperlush 2 4789759 not sure how the whole metal / jewelry / diamond crap relates to this site, but... damn. Sat Jun 20 06:46:22 -0700 2009 4789607 116513 linguafood 3 4790206 It seemed like after the above post a lot of the crap appeared. The SF board was ugly this morning. Sat Jun 20 10:28:26 -0700 2009 4789759 14495 viperlush 4 4791428 It's just spam, and we're trying to stay one top of it as much as we can. It has nothing to do with any real users who have arrived from any source. Sat Jun 20 21:23:48 -0700 2009 4790206 10021 Jacquilynne 5 4792284 There out like mad in SF Sun Jun 21 10:46:27 -0700 2009 4791428 73756 enbell 3 4793661 It's search engine bombing. Sites that have frequent search service updates are targets for these "Google Bombs" that are nothing but a list of links. The more pages that carry these links, the higher the "relevance rank" the linked to sites will have in many search engines. Sun Jun 21 23:24:47 -0700 2009 4789759 93805 hannaone 4 4797209 and here they go again.... Tue Jun 23 03:59:50 -0700 2009 4793661 116513 linguafood 5 4797212 the source seems to be 2y.net, hitting SF and LA boards now, in addition to the lists http://www.who.is/website-information/2y.net/ Tue Jun 23 04:01:38 -0700 2009 4797209 224238 Caralien 1 4797235 If the mods can delete these maggots quickly, they will take their insidious trade elsewhere when they recognize that Chowhound is not a profitable host for their evil deeds. I hope the mods have their fly swatters on the ready. Tue Jun 23 04:21:56 -0700 2009 4789576 57170 Veggo