I need some advice from my wonderful Buzzer pals, and along the way I hope I don't sound like a complete smuck,

Here's the deal ~ I've been getting what I think are spam comments on my home blog. I say 'think' because the first half of the comment sounds legitimate, goes to the subject of my post and seems fine. It's the second part that is a little 'sketchy.'

The second part, if taken alone, makes no sense ~ or at least is a huge stretch to be related to the topic.

Clicking through to the commentor's URL took me to a Website devoted to selling a particular product, and included text that is word for word from the comment made. So, it looks like the comments are just an attempt by this blogger to use my site to drive traffic to hers. I'm very uncomfortable with that.

To add to the 'sketchy-ness,' the first time I checked, the blog roll was almost site for site from my blog. Kinda creeped me out.

For now, I've just been marking the comments as spam, but feel bad about that. I don't want to shun someone simply because I jumped to the wrong conclusion.

I asked my college kid's opinion, being that she is fairly neutral here. She suggested I just send this commenter a private e-mail asking what the deal is. I thought about that, but the first draft sounded more than a little snobby.

Any advice would be welcome... am I overreacting, or does this sound odd to you all too?