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Nikko75
05-13-2008, 07:35 PM
I've just started visiting craigslist and I've noticed on some ads there will be in small print, random jibberish midway down the ad. On some ads the jibberish in in yellow or other colors. What is that? Here's an example:

"Multi-channel Preview Picture-in-picture (PIP) Yes.had the stupa rebuilt to a height of 18 meters (60 ft) It was rebuilt several times and reached its current height of 98 meters (320 ft) in the 15th century The Mon kingdom possessed two great pagodas of especial sanctity thechose a defected Russian nuclear scientist to provide deliberately flawed nuclear warhead blueprints to Iranian officials in FebruaryThe McNeil Band had a successful Solo and Ensemble this year There were many division ones and pleanty of Solos and Ensembles moving onto State CompetitionHe won a $500 bet at the age of 17 when he flew his plane beneath a bridge He participated twice in the"

ShaneC
05-13-2008, 07:36 PM
spam?

Nikko75
05-13-2008, 07:40 PM
Strange. The whole ad is there on the site(I didn't copy-paste it) but the jibberish may be above pictures etc between paragraphs.

sauuuuuce
05-13-2008, 07:42 PM
Some sites do things like that to increase search engine hits. They are usually questionable sites though..........

stuwee
05-13-2008, 07:56 PM
Some sites do things like that to increase search engine hits. They are usually questionable sites though..........

New sales tool:scratch2:Cool, I guess I'm befind in all this kinda stuff!! But not behind enough to say "Happy B-day sauuuuuuce:D" Perfect way for me to say it.
Craig

KingBubba
05-13-2008, 08:05 PM
I have seen that but it is always on a phishing attempt. Non related text in an ad is a reason to flag as it is prohibited.

Fedallah
05-14-2008, 12:01 AM
It's likely spam, machine-generated.