For those not familiar with how the interweb works: Every so often, web crawlers are sent out to take an inventory of what is currently on the web. These are generally used by search engines to ensure that the results they’re returning when someone searches are fairly up to date.
I can tell when johnnytubesteak.com has been crawled, as I suddenly get tons of comments in other languages. Wordpress offers plugins that will stop the blog from getting spammed with sales messages from other countries, but with the blog still in its infancy, I treasure every reader/commentor I get–even the spammers.
Thus, I will neither translate nor delete the 13 Russian comments that were made in reaction to my “Cow Poop Powers Small Town” post. I could be cynical and assume they’re all spam, but I prefer to think that Russia thinks Johnny Tubesteak is the funniest thing since Yakov Smirnoff.
