Comment Spam Won't Fly With Me
So we all agree that Comment Spam on a Blog is a “no-no” but what about on Facebook Fan Pages? My feeling is it’s still a “no-no”
I believe if you have something of interest and value to say, and in addition you want to throw in a link to your own site, it’s OK. You’ve added to the conversation and added something of value so I’m good with you getting something out of it too. But to comment “Great page, thanks. By the way check out my site wwww.site.com” is blatant spamming and it’s not only a lame marketing strategy but it’s also disrespectful to the Fans of the page. They then have to weed through the garbage to get to the real comments and questions.
So while I am not a fan of censorship in general, I will definitely delete comments that are blatant spammers. I’ve had people say “you just deleted me because I am a competitor” Not true – cause truth be told, you aren’t competing at the same level I am if you are resorting to comment spam.
I am not afraid of the competition – any other SEO or marketing person that contributes to the conversation can link back to themselves no problem. So I’ll be honest, I definitely have a smile on my face as I delete the comment and send it into oblivion – but I don’t do it for revenge. I do it for the integrity of my page – for my Fans.
What do you think? I’d love to hear!!
Taking a Stand Against Comment Spam,
Jenn Horowitz, Director of Marketing
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Gee…that was a great article. I can relate. You may also like my article that relates to absolutely nothing you have but I really just want to get my link on your high profile blog so that maybe traffic will come to my site which I refuse to do anything too in hopes that I can gain sales and notice all thanks to your site which by the way I never even saw because I use an automated program that finds blogs based on keywords so that I can add the same comment on 100′s of other blogs because this auto program promised me lots of roi and for some reason that doesn’t seem to be happening and all the sites I check have kicked me off as spam
Hmmmm…do you think I am spamming?
Ok…so its a long sentence and a huge joke….But I agree with what Jenn wrote!!!!
Spot on there Jenn. If you’ve got nothing to say, then don’t bother leaving a comment.
I’m like you – any Tom, Dick or Harry can leave a comment and take a link – it’s their incentive for commenting after all.
But rolling up, pretending that “k thx bai ” is contributing – that’s just plain rude.