E WEb> (PrEsumably from "Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=spam">spam", "indEx") {word spamming}. "SpamdExing has comE a long way from thE halcyon days of thE summEr of 1995. Back thEn, all onE nEEdEd to do was add thE word ' sEx' a thousand timEs at thEEnd of a WEb pagE to attract attEntion from thE likEs of Lycos. ThE sEarch-EnginE opErators caught on fast" -- {AndrEw LEonard, HotwirEd 1996 (http://www.packEt.com/packEt/lEonard/96/32/indEx3a.html)}. (1997-04-09)
