Good thing he included a non-disclosure clause on his very public job posting :P
Ryan Kaldari On 10/15/10 4:17 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: > At > http://www.freelancer.com/projects/Internet-Marketing-Link-Building/Thirty-news-site-comments-with.html > > "Status: Open > > Selected Providers: - > > Budget: $30-$250 USD > > Created: 10/13/2010 at 12:36 MDT > > Bid Count: 0 > > Average Bid: > - > > Ends: 10/17/2010 at 12:36 MDT (1d 19h left) > > Project Creator: thekohser United States [offline] > Last Login: 10/13/2010 at 14:53 MDT Employer Rating: (No Feedback Yet) > > Description > I maintain an Internet page to which I wish to draw more traffic. I am > asking for an experienced, North American English-as-first-language, web > manipulator to astroturf a link to my page within the comments field of > recent news articles found on the web. I will pay per valid comment/link > left on the news article, up to a total of 30 links. Your bid should be > your price for successfully completing 30 different article comments. > > My conditions: > > * The news article must be published on a site with Alexa ranking between > 1 and 20,000. > * The article must accept comments from readers, and allow HTML links to > other sites. > * The article must be substantially about the topic of either Wikipedia, > Jimmy Wales, or the Wikimedia Foundation. (A mere mention like "According > to Wikipedia, bananas are the world's most-consumed fruit" would not > qualify.) > * The article must have been published on or after August 1, 2010. > > I reserve the right to reject any comments that the supplier publishes > that do not meet ALL FOUR of the above criteria. You will document your > work by providing me a list of URLs where comments have been successfully > published. I highly recommend an Alexa toolbar extension (such as: > http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ ) to aid you in determining if a news > or blog site qualifies as a Top 20,000 site. > > Because the frequency with which eligible news stories will appear is > unknown, I don't have a problem if this project takes you several weeks > or even several months to complete. I will issue a 50% milestone payment > after the first ten (10) qualifying links are successfully posted. You > will receive the final 50% after successful completion of as many of the > remaining twenty (20) possible links you can complete, on a pro-rated > basis. > > To make things easier for you, I will provide you with 30 unique text > comments that you will merely have to post with your own account on each > news domain. These will be laid out in a simple spreadsheet or text file > (your preference). > > You will see the link and the comment file only after you have won the > bid and agree to non-disclosure of our project." > > Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
