Erin Pettigrew

Dec 25 2008 LINK
We will definitely advertise on the Internet again. It appears to be a very profitable venture and a very viable vehicle for advertising a variety of things. I’m sure other businesses will be advertising on [the Internet] in the very near future.
— Report from the first known web spammer in 1994. From “An Ad (Gasp!) in Cyberspace” via NYT.