jdow wrote:
Not spam. It's somebody with whom you have a significant prior
relationship.
Agreed. I was mainly looking to see if anyone thought it *was* spam,
and if so, why... and also to see how people articulated the difference
between an out-of-the-blue "please update your link" and a similarly
unexpected "please add this link." It seemed clear to me that the
former was acceptable and the latter unacceptable, but I couldn't quite
put my finger on why, at least within the definition as it's being
framed in this discussion.
"Hi, I noticed you browsed my website by using clever
reverse lookups and skullduggery. I think you'd be interested in my
baby kimodo dragon feeder....." That's spam.
Hey, I've gotten that offer!
Well, not really... but some of the link requests I've gotten are about
as relevant.
I think my "favorite" was the time I posted several photos on my website
including one of the Ghirardelli shop in San Diego. Within two days,
someone sent me a note about how they'd been to my website about
chocolate, and how they really thought I should team up with *their*
chocolate website, etc.
Actually, I take that back. The one about "targeted advertising" is my
favorite, out of sheer irony.
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Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>
