Google oddities (was: Re: [LINK] Email Obfuscation Helps Spammers: Google returns 27 million results for "* at * dot com")

[Adam Todd]

At 09:41 AM 18/06/2007, Karl Auer wrote:
> > My results (with 100 results per page):
> >
> > Google.com
> > Results 1 - 100 of about 401,000 for "at*dot*au". (0.12 seconds)
> >
> > Google.com.au
> > Results 1 - 100 of about 399,000 for "at*dot*au". (0.28 seconds)
>
>I went looking to see who had lifted my translation. Typing in one set
>of five consecutive words from the translation returned one page - mine.
>
>Typing a different set of five words found three more - and mine.
>
>Adding (!) another set of two words found an additional five sites - and
>mine.

Skipping the oddities I had a quick look at my adam at todd domain 
name, and find three referances. Two were in LINK back in the days 
when obfuscation was considered a doable process, but the other one 
really surprised me.

It's on a web page that loads, then overlays a porn site!

But what is surprising, other than the .ru name, is the volume of 
catch words loaded into it.  Here are a few lines, as sample, from 
the thousands contained:


  www.from adam at todd inoz com fri aug from adam at www.from 
afarhan gmail com mon may from afarhan gmail - www.frocks.com, 
www.from ahtez at sindominio net mon dec from ahtez www.from ale at 
hopnet net thu feb from ale at hopnet www.from alfredo en uch edu ar 
sun aug from alfredo <b>www.frocks.nu.com</b>, www.from alifms at jps 
net sat apr from alifms at jps www.14220.com www.from alifms at jps 
net thu aug from alifms at jps www.frnchcum.com, www.from all at 
paralos net fri mar from all at - www.from andrade mandic com br thu 
may received from <b>www.from andrewm at mail selc com au sun feb 
from</b> www.frnchise for uk call center, www.from andrewmurray at 
internode on net fri jul from www.from applesurf myapplemenu com sat 
dec from. <br>



No wonder my quanratine is doing over time!