n00b question: are these comments spam?

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  jayaarobe · Member · Sep 30, 2009 at 7:26 am

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  I’m new to blogging so please bear with me. Several comments have been marked as spam and are awaiting my approval/deletion. I’m looking at them and I can’t tell if they’re from spammers or real people. Perhaps someone can enlighten me? What signs should I look for to weed out spammers?
  Here are the pending comments:

  Author: Glycleuploapy
  Comment: Hullo, ive been hanging around this site for awhile. Needed to say hi to everyone.

  Author: Glycleuploapy
  Comment: hello; i have been perusing the forum for a while. I wanted to say how much i enjoy visiting

  Author: AndrewMcFaul
  Comment: New here. Wanted to say hello.
  Thanks,
  Andrew McFaul
  Andrew McFaul

  Author: twockin
  Comment: Cannot Find Track…Help please

  Author: John-Musca
  Comment: Hello,
  Need help resetting my password.
  Thank you,
  John Musca
  John Musca

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  tellyworth · Staff · Sep 30, 2009 at 7:40 am

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  Yes, they’re spam.

  Eliminating spam is good SEO

  The first sign you should look for is: if Akismet flags something as spam, there’s probably a good reason.

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  jayaarobe · Member · Sep 30, 2009 at 7:20 pm

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  That Akismet article was helpful. Thanks.