After my last post regarding Wide Circles I exchanged emails with one of their support representatives, with their message being…
We definitely do not tolerate any kind of SPAM at all
Unfortunately the evidence available to me at the time not just on my own blog but elsewhere, was in stark contrast.
Washington Post Spammed – great way to encourage press coverage
Any legitimate service, if they wanted to get press coverage from an international news publication, might issue a press release, and contact a newspaper through legitimate channels directly, or maybe through their public relations company.
Wide Circles seem to have a different
Harder Facts About Comment Spam
I just found out from my friend Shaun who runs a UK SEO Company that Google are now advising about comment spam and reinclusion requests.
Here is the official proclamation of best practice in the eyes of Google