Why are the majority of advertisement spam for Indian companies, considering that the users are mostly non-Indian by a large margin and runs in English (when English fluency isn't very common in India in the first place)?

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Why are the majority of advertisement spam for Indian companies, considering that the users are mostly non-Indian by a large margin and runs in English (when English fluency isn't very common in India in the first place)?

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Answer 1

I have some theories on this.

India isn’t much of a market for internet commerce, being largely a third world country full of poor people, many still without electricity.

The US is recognized as rich and prosperous, we supposedly have money to spare, and rubes abound.

Indian spammers don’t take time to recognize (or give a crap about) the format here, only that its an internet site they can access.

Its easy and FREE to advertise here.

I think we all can recognize how pathetic and parasitic these clowns are, lets unite to show them no quarter

Answer 2

There is a HUGE industry in and around Bangalore, also Mumbai that relies upon "getting the name out there".

They earn money according to the power of a web presence. They don't just spam Blurtit, they spam everywhere.

This will improve their search metrics, whether you respond to their contributions or not.

Most people in India (who can read anyway) will be able to read English (holding a conversation in it can be a bit more problematical).

So, spamming makes a lot of sense, even if it does not seem to do so.

In the "good old days" when Blurtit was a LOT bigger, and had full time mods online (and a small team in China who were active when the UK was asleep) the spam was usually quickly removed.

You could see the beginning of the end when (7 or 8 years ago) Blurtit left an advert for an Indian Escort Agency up for 8 or 9 hours - it was only removed after a personal mail to the (then) managing directory.

Spam (like the poor) will be forever with us.