Pay-per-click. Let's say 1 in 100 accidentally/stupidly clicks the link. Send them to enough people, and you'll eventually both cover the costs of whatever shitty 'service' site you made, but also get profit. It's the same principle behind typosquatting, except in this case you're deflecting interest rather than capitalizing on the mass need for the base squat candidate.Netopalis wrote:I more have to wonder about the people who actually buy stuff from spammers. Seriously, who does that? Somebody must, or else they wouldn't keep paying people to do it.
Telemarketing is an outdated tactic that uses the above principle of low percentage, sufficient gain, and I hope it will be snuffed out within the next decade so I stop getting calls for Jesus Sarrano regarding various sexual/hair growth products.