Michael Pollitt | freelance technology journalist

Is this a valuable comment? ‘The idea of generating the ozone inside the sealed package is pretty inspired, really interesting’ . No. And especially not if you’re leaving it with a link to a firm of solicitors. My story today – Are comment links just a form of spam? – takes a closer look.

Update 9 June: This piece produced some interesting and valuable comments:-

Technology Guardian’s letters and blogs (June 4)

Blog commenting is not an SEO technique (Patrick Altoft’s blog)
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My first story today – Comment spammers never take a holiday – in technology Guardian shows it’s a bad idea to lower your blog’s defences.

My story in technology Guardian today – How to get online advertising for free – looks at some popular badges, quizzes, and widgets for your blog or website. They do more than you expect.

And my piece has since prompted some reader responses.