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Seriously, Phrequency.com? Seriously?

POSTED: Monday, September 14, 2009, 5:45 PM
Filed Under: Media | We Call Shenanigans

It's rare that we get comments on music previews – why would we? They're noncontroversial service pieces that are usually less than a hundred words. So, when we saw a comment on the Fruit Bats preview, it was much to our chagrin that it came from Phrequency.com, Philly.com's music/arts coverage site/bid at relevancy:

C'mon, dudes, you're gonna link your review on our site? We know you're ailing and all, but this is like the big dog stealing from the little dog's food bowl because he's a bit peckish. And as BH pointed out, at least try to add something relevant to the conversation before you whore yourself on our bandwidth. You stay on your site, we'll stay on ours.


JP
Posted 2009-09-14 13:22:26
Looks like somebody at Philly.com went to an "improve your search rankings" seminar.  It's smart what they're doing, but you're right, they could be more transparent and contributory about it.   



By far the best part?  Philly.com doesn't allow links or HTML in their comments.

philebrity
Posted 2009-09-15 10:46:50
Funny. They tried this on our site as well. Luckily, Wordpress has a fun little "mark as spam" button.

roy
Posted 2009-09-15 13:05:54
wow...hostility much? i thought the philly music press was supposed to SUPPORT each other...
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