Some of you might remember the Worlds Worst Link Exchange request from August, today it seems link exchangers are getting even more ridiculous.
Hello Blogstorm,
I’m the webmaster of http://www.ruralpropertyspain.co.uk/.
We have a collection of links to Links Affiliates resources on web site.
Your site was suggested as an addition to our collection. You can find
the link to your web site here:http://www.ruralpropertyspain.co.uk/
html/linkexchange_rusticasdegalicia.html
With this description:
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 un…, Worlds Worst Link Exchange Request
If you want to link back to us, just insert this short HTML code on
your web site,
and replay me this email sending the URL where you have added to us:—snip—
a href=”http://www.ruralpropertyspain.co.uk/”>rural Spanish property
—snip—
So, I wrote about the worlds worst link exchange request and now feature on a list of sites with the words “link exchange” which is passed round people who want to spam me with link exchange requests. How ironic.
Patrick Altoft is Director of Search at Leeds based digital & SEO agency Branded3. Patrick also runs Blogstorm.You can get our blog posts delivered for free by email every day - simply add your email address to the box below or alternatively grab the RSS feed.
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They probably thought the link exchange email was a great idea, since it didn’t involve Digg
In my opinion, link exchange requests are not acceptable by email (especially if they arrive on e-mail adress from whois record). They may be acceptable if made thru site contact form.
There is only one weapon against stupidity.
You fight stupid with stupider!
Try something along these lines as a reply.
Dear Mr Rural,
I was really excited when I got your link request. I immediatly instructed our team of engineers to make sure our new live search engines linked directly to your website.
You can check this yourself from this url:
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruralpropertyspain.co.uk%2F&mkt=en-gb
Sincerely,
Mr Wliilam Gates
CEO Morcosoft Corporation
ps: Can you please link to my live search engine, I am having a little trouble getting it off the ground.
The address is http://search.live.com/
Hi At least you got your message across!!
Lucy xx
I’m sure this guy can to a great service for the biking community, but it don’t half do my head in!
It is known spamming though receiving link exchange offer by emails. It almost come from new comer. Not bad idea. Better keep an option yourself.
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