Comments on: Will you delete my comment?

By: Manshu

Manshu — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:58:15 +0000

Thanks for all your comments. This is based on something I am facing these days, and your suggestions helped me decide what to do. Will have that post later next week.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:46:24 +0000

It would be ethical to point the reader in the right direction. Even though you may not have enough information you can just point in the right direction and the reader may get his or her issue resolved and come back to your site again…

By: Mikael @ Retire Rich

Mikael @ Retire Rich — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:21:29 +0000

Definitely help out if I could. I really like these posts and especially if they turn into a discussion

By: Imani

Imani — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:05:12 +0000

I would respond and redirect leaving the original comment on the blog in case somebody else arrived thinking they had reached the product’s site.

By: Mark Wolfinger

Mark Wolfinger — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:19:40 +0000

1) Reply

2) Update your review with a disclaimer stating you have zero connection with company and the review is merely your personal opinion (which no one will believe. They will believe you are doing affiliate marketing.)

3) The only ethical consideration here is your willingness to take the time to reply. And you ought to reply because you set this problem in motion without that disclaimer.

By: Ancella

Ancella — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:13:14 +0000

I would respond to the comment and not delete it. I would mention the link / contact details of the company which you need to contact in order to get your grievance addressed properly as well as mention the fact that I am in no way connected to the product or the company and that this is just an “review based post”. By doing this (in a public manner on the blog itself) I would also be informing my readers that I am in no way earning any revenue for the said article and would also be helpful in providing them links to the actual group / company to which they can contact directly for any concerns / issues they might have with the said product.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:00:36 +0000

I would try to help if I could; but if the blogger is truly un-related to the product and just wrote a post about it, there may be very little they could do.