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Flood of spam backlink requests

by rosetrees
6 replies
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I'm guessing that someone out there is telling their students to approach website owners and request backlink exchanges from relevant sites.

Almost everyday I receive requests in the same format. The site owner tells me they "came across your website" after researching on the internet. They then ask me to place a link to their site on a specific page, which they claim is relevant. Some even claim PR - often fake.

I always reply and ask them to explain why they think the link is relevant to the (usually totally irrelevant) page.

No-one ever replies.

The requester today wants me to add a link to their coffee site on this page! (Edit - quite safe, nothing for sale here)

Yesterday's requester wanted me to add their link for "library science degree courses" to the resources section (!!) of this page. Yes, they specified that page! (Edit - this is a sales page, for the product in my sig, so no need to click)
#backlink #flood #requests #spam
  • Profile picture of the author COBSolutions
    There numerous link exchange softwares still doing brisk business with those newly born internet marketers, some even charge monthly subscription to do this, i dont want to name the softwares though...
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    Yep, there is definitely more of it about. I just cannot believe anyone replies to them.
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  • Profile picture of the author socialbookmark
    These requests are making by softwares and are sending for a lot of website together. I myself ignore these requests as i have experience like you. Most of them don't answer after contacting them. They find your website according to the subject of your website and contact page you have in your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author CatalinIcs
    If you are new in SEO you could think these methods are effective. In fact these methods are effective just in to obtain a penalty from Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author chickenshack
    I have always assumed that these people send out thousands of requests in the hope that some of the recipients will link back to them, but have no intention of reciprocating. So the idea would be to hope that the webmaster would link to them and assume they are getting their link back / forget about it.
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