Spam

So I’ve got a new client, and (without naming names) they aren’t exactly the most internet savvy. Which isn’t a bad thing, by any means (that’s why they’ve got me, right?), they’re just not experts.

Anyhow, I was on a conference call with them the other day and they were talking about how important their project is because they’re putting out a press release and writing up an article for their homepage. Sounds great! Anyhow, to make a long story short, I took care of a good chunk of their project such that everything looked nice for the big event.

The day after, I got a “thank you” email; they were so excited because they had even got a compliment on the site! How wonderful! Anyhow, I was in working on their site again today (no names) and there was a single comment on the blog post. Here’s what it said:

Thanks for posting the article, was certainly a great read!

Wow! How nice…except something didn’t add up. Why would you post something like that? Wouldn’t you link to it from your own site? Wouldn’t you create a trackback or tweet a link to it? This is the age of Facebook!

After just a little bit of digging, I found my suspicions were not unfounded. The link that was provided with the comment led me to: http://www.cellphonesgiant.com/.

Spam!

Now here’s the dilemma I’m left with. Clearly this is spam. There’s no way this is legitimate. I’m, for one, going to remove the link. This poor client’s site has already been compromised at least once in the past. I’m not going to let some spammer suck the Google juice out of the page. But do I remove the comment? It clearly means a lot to her. On the other hand, I don’t want to be the one to tell them that their only comment is illegitimate. What do I do?