I have recently started receiving a series of link exchange requests. The start out looking ok but when I read further they appear to be nothing more than an attempt to get some business that has nothing to do with real estate better SEO.

Most recently I received one from someone calling him/herself Liberty Tanner claiming to be the link data base manager for thearizonainsurance.com. Of course this person wants me to link to a totally unassociated site:

URL: http://www.personalpaydayloan.com
Anchor: Cash Advance Loan
Description: The online leader for cheap payday loans.

I can find neither this Tanner Liberty person nor either of the companies mentioned here on active rain. But they apparantly have copied and linked to one of my blog articles. The one previous to that is from Gloriana, alledged SEO manager at www.hotmortgageloan.net. Of course, the site I am supposed to link to is another payday loan site, probably the same one with just a different name.

Interestingly enough, the emails are identical, including the blog post they excerpt,  except for the names and the companies they are supposed to  work for.

Is anybody else receiving these? Have you exchanged links, or, like me, are you somewhat of a skeptic?

 

 
Posted by Mike Saunders on 05/27/2010 09:06 PM   Comments (21)   Skeptics in the ActiveRain Channel   link scam  
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MAY
27
2010
655,247 Points 29 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Mike, I have been a total skeptic of anything like that.  Isn't it amazing all the scams that are out there.
9:09pm • #2
1,418,758 Points 52 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Hi Mike - I'm a big skeptic. Unless I know an agent well, either in person or online, I normally delete these requests. Those that are non real estate related get deleted even faster.
9:12pm • #3
115,135 Points 6 Featured Posts Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I have certainly received many requests to "exchange links."  I have read and heard that Google frowns upon this practice.  The way it should work is that you would like to website A, A would link to B, B to C, and maybe C back to you.  Just exchanging links is bad practice.  I even who has a click on box on her website for "link exchange."  Ugh.
9:16pm • #4
1,499,364 Points 353 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Mike...

I have gotten quite a few of these computer generated requests lately, but I don't know why the sudden onslaught.
10:00pm • #5
430,851 Points 20 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

Mike, I have not gotten any of these but I will be on the lookout thanks to your post. I get lots of the ones from people who have 10M to invest in U.S. Property.
10:05pm • #6
536,010 Points 38 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Mike,

I've got 23 ulr's You bet I get them.

Bill
10:44pm • #7
452,806 Points 81 Featured Posts Called Shot Master

Mike - Link exchange is a bad idea even if the source is legitimate.  I occasionally receive requests to exchange links by refuse to do so.
10:57pm • #8
1,402,547 Points 54 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Yea, I get them also.  I have just been deleting them.  3 in all !
11:02pm • #9
447,622 Points 1 Featured Post Localism Sponsor

I get lots of spam emails and I guess its something we will have to deal with because of the public nature of AR.  Stinks tho
11:22pm • #10
1,326,609 Points 37 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Mike

Thanks for the heads up on this.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig
11:35pm • #11
1,210,622 Points 118 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Mike,

I had a subscription and I have exchanged quite a bit of them, and then my children told me that it does not help me, that if I could get others to link to me without me linking back to them... so I am not exchanging them since then
11:47pm • #12
MAY
28
2010
565,047 Points 38 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Featured@ Club Chaos
7:22am • #13
565,047 Points 38 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I have had a few people contact me as well. Some more persistent than others...
7:23am • #14
563,876 Points 17 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Sally - good practice

Marchel - for everyone uncovered, another two show up

John - I delete them also, but I am seeing a pattern here

Patsy - Google keeps figuring out all the scams for increased SEO

Richard - that's my question, perhaps there are a few doing the exchange and it is encouraging more chumming hoping for more fish

Barb - and those that want to share the national treasure with me
8:53am • #15
563,876 Points 17 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Bill - maybe if you change them to URL's ;^),

John - that is my understanding also

William - is this another thing that comes in three's?'

Larry - yep, you become visible and you become a target

Lou - live long and prosper

Jon - sounds smart to me, sometimes we do learn from our kids

C - thanks for the feature, if only most of us real estaters were as persistent

 
8:57am • #16
MAY
30
2010
984,283 Points 106 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

I get these all the time. Generally, I don't open them. I look at the topic and send to junk mail. Of course, sometimes I send short sale approval letters to junk mail using this method, LOL.
11:01am • #17
872,258 Points 47 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Mike, I don't know if we have received any because so much of our mail goes to spam and if I don't know who it is I don't open it if the topic looks like spam.
11:01pm • #18
MAY
31
2010
563,876 Points 17 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Elizabeth - one thing I (almost) always do is go through my junkmail. Sometimes the filters just screw up. I have lost a couple of leads by not going through junk mail regularly

Sharon - you need to check you spam to make sure you aren't losing good leads
11:16am • #19
JUN
07
2010
879,247 Points 10 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Mike - all the time the higher you are in the search engines and the higher your rank the more you will get - Barrie tells me we get two or more a week.
10:33pm • #20
JUN
08
2010
267,098 Points Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

Mike - The scammers keep reinventing themselves. I've got 3 websites and get an incredible amount of junk like this. 99% of it gets deleted.
10:27am • #21

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