A Comment on Spam
Published on October 27, 2013
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I'm pretty new to having a website and getting comments, so many of you may have had a similar experience and this might be old hat for you. The first was a comment written in Russian. I didn't understand Russian and asked for help. Several WA members told me about Google Translate. you just copy and paste it in and it's translated fast.
The Russian was an advertisement for some product having little relevance to my cat story. The next was in French which I do understand and was link to a site specializing in female products. Both of them used exclamation marks kind of as though they were saying something about the content.
I never would have imagined using a comment to a totally unrelated site to promote a product. I mean had I printed them most people would think SPAM! That is not a good way to gain trust and interest in one's product.
I can't imagine who thought it up but it was a bad idea. Just in case you find these in your comments I now distrust the ones not in English right off. But who knows what they write unless you can read their language or get it translated.
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