Dear snowboard companies: I appreciate the comments on my blogs, but if you’re going to comment please don’t use obvious names designed to boost your own snowboard companies website.
I do not want comments from the web marketing company that you employed (yes, I can tell who you are by your web marketing company email address… duh).
What’s okay: I don’t mind your name linking back to your website or blog, but I want a real name or nickname in there. Eg – Bob, Jane, Angus, Bobo McBobostein
What’s not okay: Fake names that are obviously designed just to get a link back to your website using a popular snowboard search term. Eg – snowboard, snowboards, snowboarding
I do have a background in web marketing and search engine optimization, but even an noob at web marketing can catch your non subtle spam commenting. It’s kind of suspicious when you post 3 comments in a row with 3 high value search terms as your name. I don’t think your real name or nickname is snowboard, snowboards or snowboarding.
I don’t care so much about the link, but I care about your spammy name and spammy comments. You’re welcome to keep posting comments if you use a real name or nickname and don’t spam junk comments.
By junk comments I mean stuff like this:
“So true. I just bought a new snowboard but shopping around was so confusing. I ended up getting one from Signal Snowboards. Check out their website… they explain their boards in easy to understand terms. Can’t wait to try it out this season.”
I want to build real relationships with the people who read my blog. I do not want to build real relationships with marketing companies merely commenting on my website to boost your website search rank.
I realize that as a blog grows it gets targeted for more nonsense like these spam comments, but actual snowboarding companies making and selling snowboards shouldn’t be lowering yourselves to this level.
I don’t know who at your company hired these clowns, but you guys need to get your marketing in order. Real companies market by caring about their customers and building relationships. Bad companies market by spamming blogs with junk.
– Jed