Timeline for Why do bots search for / fill and send contact forms?
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| Oct 11, 2023 at 15:51 | comment | added | Stephen Ostermiller♦ | Spammers are trying to submit text with links on it in the hopes that it gets published on your website. When their links are published, they hope it will help their search engine rankings. Their software isn't smart enough to distinguish between forum post forms and contact forms. See ahrefs.com/seo/glossary/link-spam | |
| Oct 11, 2023 at 15:21 | comment | added | Vincent | Can you explain what is "link spam"? | |
| May 16, 2014 at 16:21 | history | edited | Stephen Ostermiller♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 16, 2014 at 16:16 | comment | added | gdaniel | I get ads on my contact form all the time. I can't believe people fall for those fake ads. But if they're doing, it's because it's working. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 13:40 | history | answered | Stephen Ostermiller♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |