Slightly related thing that happens with .GOV TLDs: People leaving comments on .GOV sites for the SEO benefits. They spam the comments section of pages with the

Slightly related thing that happens with .GOV TLDs: People leaving comments on .GOV sites for the SEO benefits. They spam the comments section of pages with their link, because apparently Google treats .GOV differently than other TLDs and you get a better 'ranking'.