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  1. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    If those illegal aliens would just knock off making those damn crop circles and abducting people from the Jerry Springer show, I wouldn't mind so much... :mad:
     
    minstrel, Apr 23, 2005 IP
  2. ferret77

    ferret77 Heretic

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    #22
    Once every few months I send a newletter out to all my past link exchange partners.

    Its pretty effective way to get reciprical links for my new sites , I have like > 5,000 webmasters emails.

    I don't really care about all the random link exchange requests, since techically I am part of the problem, but people who don't check their emial list for duplicates and send the same link request to the same email 10 times sort of annoy me.

    I also think the fake politness is stupid too.

    Sometimes people email me back, and call me spammer, even though we have already emailed each other before. Sometimes they email me back and call me bad names and threaten me. I save those emails and re read them, we want a laugh.
     
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  3. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    Oh. That was YOU... :eek:
     
    minstrel, Apr 23, 2005 IP
  4. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    #24
    Yeah! Now I understand why I keep getting those link exchange emails that say "From: Mr. Ferret"...
     
    fryman, Apr 23, 2005 IP
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    e10 Well-Known Member

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    #25
    Ha. I got one this morning, more or less the same. The difference being that I presume your link hunter is just fishing. This guy and me are both known sites in a very small pond. I wrote him back saying I didn´t understand his logic. Why would I put his link on my homepage (which the night before had been a PR6) on my homepage only to be buried in return on his link page. Bear in mind that I have had an outgoing link to this his site for years and never asked for a bloody peanut.

    His reply was that according to the Rustybrick tool, his site is going to be a PR6 while mine is a PR5. On the next update! I wrote back and said that if he wanted to reciprocate the link I have had on my site for years (on a PR4 page) that that would be polite and appreciated.

    Looking at my site this morning, sadly it is back to PR 5. But thank God, I didn´t let my brief moment of basking in the upper half of the green bar, go to my head. My prospective emailer was (and still is) PR5 and true enough the RB tool shows that he will be a 6 on the next go round. Even so, this guy is alienating one way link partners he didn´t even know he had, based on a vague promise of a PR 6 on the next update.
     
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  6. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #26
    It's not even a vague promise. The RustyBrick tool isn't accurate.
     
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  7. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    Geez... why do people keep thinking that that tool is real? It is just a toy
     
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    air Active Member

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  9. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    #29
    Looks like it is a new site and not even indexed
     
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    air Active Member

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    Right. I forgot checking whois before posting, sorry. :rolleyes:
     
    air, Apr 23, 2005 IP
  11. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    #31
    people are amazing but a lot of webmasters fall for it
     
    Blogmaster, Apr 23, 2005 IP
  12. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #32
    :confused:

    Fall for what?
     
    minstrel, Apr 23, 2005 IP
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    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    #33
    for what fryman posted in starting the thread. The great invites to get a garbage link for a homepage link.
     
    Blogmaster, Apr 23, 2005 IP
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    air Active Member

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    #34
    One of a hundred, or one of a 1000... It doesn't matter if you can set up a bot browsing the web and reading zillions of whois emails.

    I just feed my delete button and move on ;)
     
    air, Apr 23, 2005 IP
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    stephfoster Well-Known Member

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    #35
    LMAO! And here I thought people only fell for my sweet, naive & innocent act in person.
     
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  16. Solicitors Mortgages

    Solicitors Mortgages Well-Known Member

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    #36
    nice one fryman, me too....

    now....... does anyone want to trade some links? :D
     
    Solicitors Mortgages, Apr 23, 2005 IP
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    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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  18. whitedovecleaning

    whitedovecleaning Peon

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    #38
    Had a thought about these Spam letters: so I will ask it in a question!

    If we block all Spam to our site does any one know the percentages of potential Spam that could be legitimate business advertisement (just sought after wrong)?

    And if there is a percentage of Spam (or letters to add links) that could eventually add to the value of your website is there a program or script that may help better to distinguish between the Spam and the not so bright advertisers?
     
    whitedovecleaning, Apr 26, 2005 IP
  19. gamersbumchum

    gamersbumchum Peon

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    #39
    Hi there guys.......
    I am the webmaster of said Gamersbumchums.co.uk and I can confirm I am legit and not a conman!!!!!!!!! Basically the site went live last week and I went to that stupid link exchange website that sent the email out!!!!! Didn't know it said I wanted one on your homepage for one on my links page so do appologise.! I'm not stupid. Anyway if you do want a link on my site I only want one on you links page!!!!!! Let me know!
    At least I got a hit from the 150 emails that bounced back from that crappy links site!!!!!
    Lee
    P.S. can anyone help me find a decent site I can get some quality sites to link to me. I'm trying to get some good links to boost me up Google. Also want some sites to trade banners with.
    Thx
     
    gamersbumchum, Apr 28, 2005 IP
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