Comments on: Do You Approve Spam Comments? http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2009/07/17/approve-spam-comments/ Search Engine Optimization Journal or the SEO Journal is an SEO Blog by SEO expert and Brick Marketing President, Nick Stamoulis. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nick Stamoulis http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2009/07/17/approve-spam-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-53319 Nick Stamoulis Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:50:27 +0000 http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/?p=5585#comment-53319 Hi Brandon, No spam policy is ALWAYS the way to go! That is very true about comments that are accidentally deleted, I never actually thought about it though... Anyway, thanks for reading and your comment :) Hi Brandon,

No spam policy is ALWAYS the way to go! That is very true about comments that are accidentally deleted, I never actually thought about it though…

Anyway, thanks for reading and your comment :)

]]> By: Brandon Mendelson http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2009/07/17/approve-spam-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-53318 Brandon Mendelson Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:16:42 +0000 http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/?p=5585#comment-53318 If it looks like spam, smells like spam ... I just delete it and move on with my life. Zero tolerance spam policy is the best way to go. This way, if you accidentally delete something that was not spam, the user will (likely) contact you and ask why it was deleted. You can ask them to post again without the offending links and the problem is solved. The thing is, this almost never happens because the comment was indeed spam. If it looks like spam, smells like spam …

I just delete it and move on with my life. Zero tolerance spam policy is the best way to go. This way, if you accidentally delete something that was not spam, the user will (likely) contact you and ask why it was deleted. You can ask them to post again without the offending links and the problem is solved.

The thing is, this almost never happens because the comment was indeed spam.

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