Anyone else noticing all the advertising bots on here lately?

Question

Anyone else noticing the rise in bots on Yahoo Answers lately who just do advertising? Three names I have found so far are saras w, Truman C, and Ina P. They answer hundreds of questions, all with the same generic answer like "i have tried this new site and love it - http://..............." Isn't this illegal in some way? What doesn't Yahoo Answers ban these advertisers? So far I have just found them all in "laptops" and "cellphone and plans" forums on any topic asking for the ebst laptop to buy or any topic mentioning the word ringtones.

This sort of activity degrades the quality and value of Yahoo Answers and needs to be halted or surely one day we will be over run with advertisers and spammers!

What do you all think?

Answer 1

I don't like spamming bots at all and a some of these posts look preformed, but I'm not sure how to do this. I don't have the time anyway. I've recommended some websites here myself, but only if they are relevant to the questions being asked! I had problems with my phone and found Mobile Phone Solutions.com and they were very helpful to me and I was able to link up to other sites I thought were well laid out. It would seem to me that spam bots would crank out the same response regardless of what question was being asked. I don't mind the recommendations myself as long as some human interface is involved. As far as Mobile Phone Solutions.com goes, I solved my cell phone problem at home and in my car installing an antenna and amplifier package on each and have had no more problems with dropped calls so I think these guys know there stuff and I'm glad to recommend them! I've tracked a few back to China however!

Answer 2

when they post report to the authroties and they will be removed. they will close the person account if too many illegal posts.
Thanks for you time on this important note.