What's up with all the bots lately?

They're always here. And they DO get paid for posting them a lot of the time. Disregard their links entirely and just report, report, report. After reporting a spam answer, go to their Q&A profile and report 5 more. 6 reports is said to be a 'trigger' for the staff to investigate. You'll find very often that the account is suspended a few minutes after you do that reporting.