"webspam" meaning in All languages combined

See webspam on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From Web + spam. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Web|spam}} Web + spam Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} webspam (uncountable)
  1. Material published on the World Wide Web that is designed to attract visitors from search engines, etc., despite offering no useful information, or being a copy of information from elsewhere. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-webspam-en-noun-sjw1T6lH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2008, Aarron Walter, Building findable websites: web standards, SEO, and beyond, page 125:",
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          "ref": "2010, David Taniar, Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2010:",
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