> There was a post a bit back (which you might be referencing) about almost this exact situation, except it was about black hat SEO dramatically backfiring. Spe

> There was a post a bit back (which you might be referencing) about almost this exact situation, except it was about black hat SEO dramatically backfiring. Specifically, businesses were asking bloggers and news sites to delete spam comments that linked back to the sites. I believe that would be this great write up on the current situation: http://www.theawl.com/2013/12/the-new-spammer-panic http://www.theawl.com/2013/12/the-new-spammer-panic