[thelist] RE: link spam a new spam

[Hassan Schroeder]

ANDREA STREIGHT wrote:

> I see a blue underlined hypertext link. When I hover my cursor over it, lo 
> and behold, the link destination is totally unexpected, and basically 
> undesirable. The destination has nothing to do with the article or what I'm 
> researching.

> A "Sponsored Link" box pops up upon hover state, and it's just like a 
> sponsored link in a search engine result page, with a headline, a paragraph 
> of description, and a blue underlined hypertext link.

> I will give you the location where I first encountered this whole new 
> species of spam:
> 
> www.bizreport.com/news/7968/
> 
> I wonder what reactions I'll get to this?

How about "huh??" I looked at that page, and see nothing remotely
like what you're describing. Where *exactly* is the link you're
referring to?

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