Comments on: Link exchanges – never really a good idea

By: Frank P

Frank P — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:30:28 +0000

So I guess you didn’t exchange links.. :-) Or I guess you’re too busy claiming your $5.8m from Nigeria… not if I get there first you won’t!

By: atul chatterjee

atul chatterjee — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:28:30 +0000

Someone has been trying to sell me medical pills for the past six months.
Another set of guys have been trying to give me $1 million or some such amount I have won in a lottery.
They are almost my friends now.

By: AriWriter

AriWriter — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:21:35 +0000

Emailing Me Internet Marketing Spam…

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I’m accustomed to receiving email spam, but internet marketing pitches are a new breed because they arrive in my inbox, not my spam folder.
The good ones are personable and hard to tell…

By: John

John — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:17:58 +0000

Hello,

And very funny reply you gave, It made me laugh for a couple of minutes.

Also we must mention that the link exchange between pages that have related information that also prove an useful addition are encouraged. But as exchanges just for visibility in search engines are wrong. Do only things that increase the user experience on your website, and the search engines will take care of the rest.

By: Riaz Kanani

Riaz Kanani — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:45:17 +0000

LOL – wonder if you will egt any sort of reply

By: David Sloly

David Sloly — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:17:34 +0000

Fantastic. I always delete these kind offers before I get past the second line. Maybe now I will be inspired to reply.

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Beware the link exchange - the snake oil of online marketing | BitterWallet — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:02:39 +0000

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By: Ian Delaney

Ian Delaney — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:52:27 +0000

I get a couple of these a week. Always a female name.

The twist I get with more modern iterations is that I get linked to by site A, for linking to site B.

Needless to say, site A has a lower page-rank than site B, and even so, link-exchanges are easily spotted by the big G.

Ultimately, while we all understand that being linked to is good for our juice, any shortcuts to that will be penalised. The cheaters are always on the defensive.

By: Andrew Booth

Andrew Booth — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:37:06 +0000

Haha. Thanks for posting this – gave me a chuckle.