Obvious PR Tip of the Day: Don’t Ask Someone to Take Down a Blog Post

While blogs might not be the NYT, removing posts is universially frowned upon since updating and/or correcting posts is the route normally taken in this easy-to-update-and-fix format. Hells, that's the charm!

Can one really wipe away history on the web? Archived pages and whatnot are great at archiving, especially text. Anyone hear of archive.org, or google's cached pages? Sheeesh.

Hmmm, I'll have to go poke about your archives ;)But in general, I don't remove posts. I may add an update or create a new post linking to the old one (and post that link in the comments section), but just as an apology doesn't wipe away the mistake, neither do I think one should remove the history.

"why would you mess with a company who could possibly help you in the future. smart move."Wow! You mean ... non-clients might bribe me to remove the truth and possibly promote them instead? Gee, I never thought of that, er ... I mean ... oh, darn those ethics!Well done, Scott. I see a potential post for tomorrow here to share some similar experiences that might point these fine folks in the right direction.

You have to smile at the innocence of it. My unsolicited PR advice, pitch some positive stories to bloggers who cover your industry. Google assumes that the freashest post is why people are looking for, so it is more likely that the new results will come up in any search.If any blogger does oblige you with a positive post, pimp their post around blogosphere until you get some more positive posts. That way the negative post will be buried. That really is the best you can hope for.

If I wanted to embarrass you, I would have used your name. Don't push it.

you people r joking right? where is it written that you can't request for a post to be taken down? and do you have nothing better to do than to try to use your meager platform to embarras others? also, why would you mess with a company who could possibly help you in the future. smart move.

Can't say who it is, but it rhymes with bee-are-dot-bomb.

oh comeon.. name names dammit!!