I suppose it's all a sort of back handed compliment that ET is getting noticed by all sorts of dubious SEO and internet marketing specialists.  The fact that a lot of human interventions were required to mount the attack means it wasn't just some semi-random "lets fire the machine gun in various directions and see what comes back" kind of automated attack.  Posting comments and diaries takes time even if it is boilerplate text

If we get attacked again I can always roll off a dozen outraged Lisbon diaries to keep the diary stream rolling whilst the FP team are engaged in subterranean warfare.  My massive readership (thanks Dodo, Afew, Jake, Drew, Mig, Colman) will no doubt not thank me but at least it gives the appearance of intellectual activity continuing...

notes from no w here