I am getting so sick of link exchange solicitations. People with brand new ‘make money’ crap blogs are constantly contacting me to exchange links. My latest one was
“pulasthi said: hello there, I have a pr7 blog, www.digitalbutterflies.org I would like to exchange links with your quality blog. Please let me know if you are interested.”
The blog in question has been around since January. Sorry, but a PageRank of 7 isn’t going to be bestowed upon a crappy blog with 24 posts that has been around for barely a month.
If I could verify this false information in a matter of seconds, then why lie? Why would this person think I was stupid enough to exchange links with some crappy little blog that is probably full of regurgitated crap from other blogs? (Actually the person writes their posts but they are a mishmash of ads and random semi scientific posts.)
And if the blog truly was PR7 then why would that person care about a link from a PR3 blog? Come on.
So, how many crappy link exchange requests do you get each day? Where are they coming from, BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog, or somewhere else?
Updated.
oooh, this guy wasn’t happy with me calling him out on his lie. So he sent me back a message
“pulasthi said: certainly i don’t need to lie. the blog is. www.digitalbutterflies.org it’s not still listed at my blog list. Please try to find what is the truth before accusing people. thanks”
If anyone can actually prove that yes this blog with 25 posts, that has been around for little over a month has actual real PR of 7 then let me know. Does anyone link to this blog, no (I checked that), is there really PR of 7, no (I checked that too) Faking PageRank happens.
After this message I looked into the different ways that people fake PageRank. Don’t fall for these tricks. Check blogs before you link to them. But most of all generate your own content, real content and don’t bother with these new make money blogs.
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Dear Drew,
Thanks for your comment. :D
I have subscribed, but still the feedburner is showing that you are having 36 readers (it should be 37! :D), why so?
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Sudipa,
I don’t know what is going on with the feedburner feed. Now it shows 16. Oh well, I don’t really worry much about that number anyway, it is people and their comments that matter to me.
Your post reminds me of Ben & Jerry’s. I do like ice cream.
Wow, That is great to know. I have started working on making my titles better and well this one is directly from the person who tried to scam a link.
Lol….last time I checked Nigerian scams racked up all the buzz and now this?! What is the world getting into?
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I know I miss a good Nigerian scam once in a while. You;d think that with all that Nigerian money they wouldn’t need to scam so much.
Thanks for explaining the Fake PR thing to not so technical people. On Ebay they are many fake page rank sites for sale and people do buy them based on their fake PR.
Pathetic way to steal other person’s money.
You are welcome Jeff. However you obviously didn’t read my comment policy or the fact that I moderate spam. No keywords as names.
There are loads of annoying people out there which think you were born yesterday. I’m sure there are plenty of people who do fall for such scams, but as long as you use common sense you can usually spot them a mile off.
Exactly Nick. It is like all these people who have a get rich quick website think that I would want to link to them for any reason. I don’t.
It is just as bad with a website as already i have had to disable comments on two occassions due to the amount of c*** that is posted and which my software does not allow me to moderate and that is with a site that only has a PR2.For sites with higher PR’s the spam and link requests must be enormous.
Why don’t people learn that they have to put in a little bit of effort to get anywhere?
Claudiu,
I don’t know, wish people would learn and give a bit more effort.
Claudiu,
I think the blame goes to the get rich soon websites and schemes which tells users that they can become millionaires by coping other people content and to support that fact they paste some edited screenshots. Most of the people think that this copy /paste is the secret mantra to get rich and there you get a crappy website.
George,
Those get rich blogs are a blight on the blogosphere.
i think best way to get link from pr7 blog is submit a post to social directory or you can buy link
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Zhoe,
I think you probably are only gonna get that if you pay for it.
agree a lots and lots of social bookmarking
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Lots of Social Bookmarking is a very good idea, it has become so much more powerful.
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Visitor all the way from Turkey, fantastic. Thanks for the comment.
Interesting. I’m one of those newbies who has been looking for sites who will exchange links. Good thing I have thick skin or I would read this thread and think “Gee, I have no right to promote or ask for links etc.” It makes me wonder how long it’s been since you all began on this internet journey. It’s ok for you to make mistakes but not ok for the newbies coming up behind you? I see this blog is monetized pretty well. Oh, well…I’ll move on to a more supportive environment.
Oops! Ironic that I gave you the wrong website URL on my prior post. Not that I expect you to post it but just wanted to make sure you had the correct URL FYI.
Alexis,
Nice ploy for a link, calling me someone who is not supportive to newbies. Did you even read the post? This guy was lying, a scammer. Do you understand that the guy was trying to use trickery to get links. Write good content, build your blog then attempt to exchange links. Don’t go out there after posting one article.
I’m sick of people who haven’t done the work and want to reap some reward, earn it!
And I began my journey in 1996. I made mistakes but never lied, berated or insulted anyone to get noticed.
Actually, it wasn’t a “nice ploy” for a link. I’m really not stupid enough to think that you would actually post my link!
And, yes, I did get it that the guy was a scammer. I’m just saying that as a newbie, the impression I had by the end of the thread was “Geez, damn good thing I didn’t ask for a link with my piddly new little site.”
Anyway, reading back through, perhaps I was being a bit hasty and oversensitive. Anyway, FYI, here’s what I saw in your post that seemed “not supportive to newbies”…
“I am getting so sick of link exchange solicitations” and “So, how many crappy link exchange requests do you get each day? Where are they coming from, BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog, or somewhere else?”
Alexis,
It would have been nice if the last two paragraphs that are in this comment were in the private e-mail you sent me.
Yeah, sorry about that. I hit send on the email by mistake and then realized I should really be replying on the website.
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Yeah, Well I may have replied to hastily too in the e-mail I sent you privately, but I stand by the fact that insulting someone does not make a good initial impression. I think I’m a pretty welcoming guy. This particular post attracts tons of scammers trolling for links. Your e-mail even looked fake so I figured you were too. Now that I see you are a real person behind the messages we can have a dialogue.
OK, fair enough. Maybe I just had too much coffee today! Tends to make me a little wired. Really, your site looks kinda cool! LOLOL
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We get a lot of link requests but you don’t have to answer them, just ignore them and you won’t waste any part of your day at all. People seem to get so irate about spam email, my filter gets rid of most of it and I can see at a glance the rest and I just filter it by not reading it….
I used to think bloggers were terribly egocentric writing about themselves and their experience but um, well, I’ve become one of you! It’s fun and getting feedback from people, total strangers that read and like what you do it so uplifting. I don’t do it for the money, the money only pays for my hosting and coffee and cake now and then, but when someone says that they laughed out loud reading something you have written. Well that has to be worth more than money? That’s what I tell myself anyway until that 35 euros a month turns into 350 euros! Keep blogging, love hearing what you are up to!
Annette,
I like to answer every e-mail. And I generally ignore the spam and garbage. However this one was so blatant, so over the top full of crap that I had to write a blog post about it.
I’m still blogging, every day. Don’t miss out. Thanks for the comment.
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