What is spam ?

Here's the thread...So what is spam? I think what is realy important is what the SE people consider as spam...or not ?

Spam normally refers to e-mail. The best definition I know of: http://www.onlymyemail.com/faqs/spam_defined/.

For the SEs: This is what Google Guy says: "...What is spam? Well, this is a pretty fair start:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html#quality
There's a concrete list there: things like cloaking, duplicate content like doorway pages, and things like hidden text."

Good definition and guidelines endeed ,but just above the guidelines paragraph on the google page ,there is a "When your site is finished"(or similar) paragraph where the google site submission site is mentioned ,and that does not work ,wright? is that spam or not quite?!

google consider spam when publishing huge content on new websites.

well ,that seems to be faire enough ;

SPAM =

1) type of canned meat sold in the USA
2) "junk" electronic mail (on the Internet); spiced ham (Slang)
3) SPAM == Website that holds RANDOM words or not even any words just title and headers which contain a sertain keywords and put on the pages google ad-sence.

I blame google.

It's a 4 letter word.

hehehe!...spiced meat in cans...so funny...gotta start some more threads.

What is SPAM?
SPAM is a type of canned, processed pork luncheon meat made by Geo. A. Hormel and Company (Hormel). See Ingredients, The SPAM Story.


How is SPAM made?
According to Hormel: ''The ingredients are ground to a medium-coarse texture. Spices are then added to enhance the product's natural flavour. After the blending process is completed, the meat is mechanically filled into cans, sealed, and cooked in a ret ort oven. Upon leaving the retort, the cans are dried and transferred to the packaging area. A caser then automatically unscrambles and distributes the cans into the feed section, forms the corrugated tray, and loads the cans into each tray. the packed cases are conveyed through an automatic code dater and a shrink film tunnel. The sealed cases are then transferred to the storage and warehouse area to await shipment.'' Wow!


Can I trust my health to SPAM?
Well, that's for you to decide - but consider this list of quality checks:

Bacteria counts of fresh meat.
Percent of leanness.
Proper quantities and blending of ingredients.
Can inspection for defects, both before and after cooking.
Temperature of meat going into can.
Sealed cans checked for vacuum and closing seam.
Closing temperature and time checked.
Product tasting to evaluate visual appearance, shape, and flavour.
No wonder SPAM's shelf life is ''indefinite''!

Why is SPAM so inherently funny?
Sorry, I haven't figured that out yet myself. See SPAM Theories.


I just saw a can of something called Treet in my local Supermarket - is that the same thing?
Only SPAM is SPAM! Beware of imitations! Other canned meats try to be SPAM, but will never reach that pinnacle. This includes store brands. If other canned meats try to seduce you, run away! Run away!


What are my SPAM options?
SPAM comes in two sizes, small (7 oz.) and large (12 oz.), and several varieties. Along with your basic Spam, there are Low-salt, "Lite", and smoke-flavoured options. And then you can start Cooking With SPAM. The possibilities are endless!


The biggie, contender for Ultimate Question.
What does SPAM stand for?
One of the world's most asked and most incorrectly answered questions. The truth is, SPAM doesn't really stand for anything. When SPAM first came out, it was marketed as Hormel Spiced Ham (see The SPAM Story), and it soon had many competitors. In order to get the lion's share of the market, Hormel decided their Spiced Ham needed a catchier name. A prize of $100 was offered for a new, memorable name. The prize was won by Kenneth Daig neau, brother of a Hormel executive, when at a New Year's Eve party he suggested the name "SPAM". The rest is history. If the truth isn't what you hoped for, why not check out some of the theories people have come up with over the years?

Hormel developed America's first canned ham (''Hormel Flavor-Sealed Ham'') in 1926, and eleven years later developed the first canned meat product that did not require refrigeration. It was a ''distinctive chopped pork shoulder and ham mixture'' developed by Jay C. Hormel, son of Hormel founder George A. Hormel, and marketed as ''Hormel Spiced Ham'' - not a terribly inspiring name for an innovative product fated to save lives, win wars, and balance diets of people world wide.

Hormel Spiced Ham got off to a slightly rocky start. Other meatpackers began to introduce their own canned luncheon meats, and Hormel lost its controlling share of the market. Soon, however, they came up with a cunning plan to rectify this situation - they would give Hormel's luncheon meat a truly catchy name. Toward this end, they offered $100 for a suitable appellation. The winning name was, of course, ''SPAM'', and a legend was born.

SPAM was launched with much high-profile advertising in mid-1937. It was called ''the Miracle Meat'', and promoted as an anytime meat. In 1940, SPAM was the subject of quite possibly the first singing commercial. The jingle was to the tune of the chorus of ''My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean'', and the lyrics were ''SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM/ Hormel's new miracle meat in a can/ Tastes fine, saves time./ If you want something grand,/ Ask for SPAM!''. Hormel also sponsored George Burns' and Gracie Allen's network radio show, which included ''Spammy the Pig''. During World War II, sales boomed. Not only was SPAM great for the military, as it required no refrigeration, it wasn't rationed as beef was, so it became a prime staple in American meals. SPAM supported the war effort more directly, too. Nikita Kruschev credits SPAM with the survival of the Russian Army during WWII. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Hormel Girls performing troupe advertised SPAM as they performed throughout the country, distributed SPAM door-to-door, and even had a national weekly radio show. Ads proclaimed, ''Cold or hot, SPAM hits the spot!''

In 1960, SPAM began to be sold in 7 oz cans alonside the original 12 oz ones. SPAM began to spawn variations in 1971, when smoke-flavored SPAM was introduced. Next came less salt/sodium SPAM, in 1986, and with it the honour of being considered ''state of the art in its industry'' by the Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry." In the early 1990s, SPAM Breakfast Strips were introduced, as was SPAM lite.

What now awaits us on the SPAM front? Only time (and possibly Hormel) will tell.



Ingredients:
Chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added.
Salt (for binding, flavour, and firmness)
Water (to help in mixing)
Sugar (for flavour)
Sodium Nitrite (for colour and as a preservative)
Yum yum!

Nutrition Information For SPAM (original style):
Calories Per Serving: 170
Calories Per Serving From Fat: 140
Serving Size: 2 oz.
Servings Per Container: 6 (large) or 3.5 (small)
Total Fat: 16g
Saturated Fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 40mg
Sodium: 750mg
Total Carbohydrates: 0g
Fiber: 0g
Sugars: 0g
Proteins: 7g
Vitamin A: 0%
Vitamin C: 0%
Calcium: 0%
Iron: 2%
Deee-licious!

Nifty Spam Trivia!
By World War II, Hormel had sold twenty thousand tons of Spam. Then, during the wartime meat rationing, Spam got popular...
If all the cans of Spam ever eaten were put end-to-end, they would circle the globe at least ten times.
In the U.S. alone, 3.8 cans of Spam "are consumed every second"(assuming SPAM is eaten 24 hours a day, 365.25 days a year).
Senator Robert Byrd of West Viginia eats a sandwich of SPAM and mayonnaise on white bread three times a week.
Residents of Hawai'i eat an average of four cans of SPAM per person per year, more than in any other place on Earth (Elsewhere in the Universe, who knows?).
By 1959, a billion cans of SPAM had been sold. The two billion mark was hit in 1970, followed by three billion in 1980, four billion in 1986, and five billion in 1993. That's a lot of SPAM!
In Korea, SPAM is sold in stylish presentation gift boxes of nine cans each. SPAM stolen from army PXs can be found on the Korean black market. And there are Korean imitations called Lo-Spam, Dak, Plumrose, and Tulip, to ensure that no one need go without.
Nikita Krushchev once credited SPAM with the survival of the WWII Russian army. ''Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army,'' he said.
SPAM is sold in over 99% of U.S. grocery stores.
The SPAM luncheon meat trademark is registered in 93 countries.
Over 60 million people in the U.S. eat SPAM.
SPAM is made in two U.S. locations - Austin, Minnesota, and Fremont, Nebraska - and seven other countries: England, Australia, Denmark, Phillipines, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.
In 1989, the U.S. armed forces bought 3.3 million pounds of SPAM.
Over 141 million cans of SPAM are sold worldwide each year.

Information reproduced without permission from http://www.cusd.claremont.edu/~mrosenbl/spam.html
But as they have a banner supporting free speach i take that to be the olden days equivalent of the creative commens licence.

..and of course another important category of spam is the huge and yummy jelly worm family wich do not respect the official length set by the international food asociation.

I think it is no coincidence that Google has recently introduced G. MAPS which is exactly the opposite of SPAM G.

See???



Don't say I never warned you...

Wb wit.
Thats way too deep for plebs like me to understand.

Places you can find Spam:
Guestbooks, Blog Comments, Forums, Pop ups, and Wal Mart.


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...and in bomb (or ufo) shelters. Truckloads. Right next to the tin-foil rolls

what up Netherlands??