Worlds Worst Link Exchange Request
Whats worse than a link exchange email?

A link exchange request on Digg, thats what. Can you imagine anything more likely to upset Diggers and less likely to work?
A great example of somebody not understanding social media or website promotion.















A close second to the guy’s first mistake is using bad grammar. When asking for a link exchange, other webmasters won’t know you so they judge you by how well you write, in addition to your website of course.
Daniel Foster August 14, 2007 11:25 pm | Reply
Well.. you know what they say… there is no such thing as bad publicity..
I guess that with your single post this guy achieve his objective.
Thomas August 15, 2007 12:29 am | Reply
I’d say his first mistake was posting it on digg, or perhaps joining a company that trained him so badly.
John King August 15, 2007 2:53 am | Reply
It is almost too funny to believe. Give the guy a break, he is thinking outside the box!
Khalid Hajsaleh August 15, 2007 12:30 pm | Reply
That would be hilarious as a joke (especially if it had a Borat reference or something,) but if it’s for real, well, I don’t think anyone will be linking to the site in question.
Sucker August 15, 2007 1:31 pm | Reply
How sad.
Don’t think the poor guy got any links exchanged…but hey..at least he tried!
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cyberst0rm August 15, 2007 5:32 pm | Reply
He sounds so innocent, I almost get a lump in my throat.
Clickfire August 15, 2007 5:49 pm | Reply
All he is thinking about is the amount of money he can make off of Adsense. That site looks like a disaster hit it!
Scenic BC Daryl August 15, 2007 7:54 pm | Reply
Give the guy a break. I have made some crazy mistakes when I first started out. And I “know” I’ll make glaring mistakes in the future. He’ll learn . . . give him kudos for taking action. So many of us let the unknown and ignorance stop us, instead of using those life conditions to learn and become experts through our errors.
Wow . . . “Experts through our errors” that’s a damn good book title! Okay, I thought of it first folks, no body steal it.
Telemill August 15, 2007 8:08 pm | Reply
Oh c’mon…I bet he got at least one real link out of it. People love irony, and this is ironic for sure. Of course, if there were a thousand of these on Digg people would be pissed.
James Omdahl August 15, 2007 8:31 pm | Reply
oh dear god…
I wonder if people will take pity on him and decide to throw him some one way links…
Simon Dance August 16, 2007 9:05 am | Reply
yes, I am the stupid blogger, i’m sorry about the action of I done. My english is poor, but I want to make some friends in english and help me improve my skills. I read the report and post an sorry letter in my blog:
http://shangning.net/blog/my-requestion-about-link-exchange-in-digg-be-spammed.php
jvyyuie August 16, 2007 5:53 pm | Reply
It’s not as bad as an e-mail I had the other day asking me to have a look at a stranger’s site - they wanted me to look at every page and send back a critique including suggested improvements! Needless to say my reply was polite, bordering on the incredulous!
Fair play to anyone who tries rather than just complaining though…
Jo August 22, 2007 11:09 am | Reply
Here I thought the lingerie site requesting a link exchange with me and then saying our sites were related was bad enough. This takes the cake!
Rose August 30, 2007 8:03 pm | Reply
That’s very funny. I had funny link request too. Although posting on Digg is off the charts.
TEEJAY September 13, 2007 3:53 am | Reply
Nice grammar…. tut tut!
Website Design Belfast November 4, 2007 9:58 pm | Reply
Very good. I am searching sites related to cigarettes for swap link exchange.
cigara December 19, 2007 8:27 am | Reply
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