How reputable can a company be that tries to steal advertisement?

You are too cheap to buy your own advertising, stop leeching off of others.

@ Hot Head - Don't worry..you'll find a select few who always have something bad/neg. to say about others, or what they do. Just wait and see what a few will say about my post...and notice who there are.

Maybe you'll be at the Fair Lawn Green Fair 2012, this coming Tues. May 22nd..held at the FLHS ( caf. D ) starting at 6:00 pm.

Prius driver, right?

Hi Wayne & Nose Wayne,
I'm not offended by ignorance. Some don't realize what social networking IS. And some feel that they can "advertise" their opinion but I cannot.
If I competed w/the business it would be one thing. However, I not only respect them; I'm offering a service that can compliments what they are doing around the home to "further" enhance and maintan a property.
I will stop by tomorrow evening. Hope to run into you there and maybe a few of these individuals with too much time on their hands.
Also, I'm sure the business I have been "accused of "stealing" advertising from has solar lighting to offer.
There is no business like this in the area. "Go Green" & Be Clean.

Hi Nose,
By the way. This is not merely cleaning your house. It is cleaning with 100% proven disinfection using an "all green" method; very hot vapor steam under high pressure to kill and remove hibernating infectious germs. It introduces NO chemicals into the environment. All we discard is dead organic material and water.
This IS where old becomes new. Steam has been around since the industrial revolution and is the standard (in an enclave) for sterilization of medical instruments.
Now....thanks to new technology; we can produce the same kind of pressure and heat "outside an enclave" and employ this technology in many healthy ways and in settings not limited to the home; such as: child care facilities, elder care facilities, food service, doctors offices etc.......We need to break the chain of infection in a way that does not use toxic chemicals that can hurt us even before they get back in our food and water.
FYI......Valley Hospital is adopting this technology in the near future; which only further validates what I am doing.
Be Healthy!

It looks like reading comprehension is something you may have not picked up. The comments are designed for people to discuss the article at hand and previous comments. Not at a source of free SPAM for you to steal advertisement space from Patch.com. The terms of service are very clear, you violated them.

@Zak Why aren't you deleting his ads? Does he have a deal with Patch to run them?

Tommy Boy,

Go back to work. Leave the blogger alone. Most of the bloggers are associated with companies and post it in their blog. Why pick on this one?

He should write his own blog, or contact Patch Ad sales. Most of the bloggers follow the rules, which are (mostly) reasonable. Forum spam, stinks. Ironically, I think he is onto a good business idea.

The real question would be: Why do you care what someone posts in a comment? Seriously. Are you going to be the "Patch Police" too?

chris- clearly tommy has way too much time on his hands

hey zak- i dont comment much here but i really enjoy your work and believe patch is a great way to find out whats happening in town and hear different peoples persepectives. however people like tommy p are starting to turn me off to the site, i could read a positive article about some local town kid and he ll quickly turn it into some nosense arguement that isnt even related to the article.
im not sure if you are familiar with facebook but on facebook you have the option to unsubscribe to people and they will not show up on your news feed. would this be an option for patch? if i could read articles with the option of not seeing tommy p or bellair berdans comments or replys to thier comments i think i would enjoy the site a lot more.
thanks zak- keep up the good work

Hi,
If I did that I would, in fact, be taking something I should not.
Thing is that there is no service like this available in the area and no blogs addressing "green cleaning" such as this as a need.
I'm trying to get the word out in many ways; not just The Patch.
Thanks for your comment.

It's called "topic drift" or "hijacking a thread". In the world of unwritten Internet etiquette - it's considered rude to both the person who spent time starting the topic and the visitors who expect THAT topic to be the subject of the discussions.

The person hi-jacking a threat is usually is looked at as lazy, because if you wanted to discuss House Cleaning than you should make the effort in starting your OWN blog, create an article on THAT topic - instead of scattering the focus on a differently themed thread and wasting the time/space of readers who visited THIS blog to read about and share insights on outdoor lighting.

So - yes, this IS "social networking" and like in every area of society, there are those who use it appropirately for the benefit of everyone who participates, and those who abuse it.

Hot Head, you realize that this landscaping company probably paid for this spot to advertise themselves. I don't see anything in the post saying "please come in and sell your useless crap."

I didn't mean it as a put off- just a new view on how comment can influence in unintended ways. But fair enough, you have intrigued me enough to look at the website ....

Not really, Hot Head. As I've said, you are being a cheapass, buy your own ad spots.

I'm not trying to stop you from making a living, but you should advertise it the right way, don't leech off of others.

You do offer crap. Do you think that people don't know how to clean their own houses? Seriously, the crap I see them selling on TV is more enticing than this. I'd rather buy some Orange-Glo or Silly Putty.

Hey Billy,
Have fun w/your orange glo.

I have let it rest. However, Tracy deserves a response to her message.