I've Pulled Hardlink Trades - You May Want To Read This

Bill · 2007-04-11, 05:32 PM

I'm glad to hear that Spaceman, and I want to be clear that i'm reacting to this more as a general subject than worrying about specific links. If I spoke too aggressively or unclearly my apologies.

I still think that dropping links is a risky business. Just the other day I was transforming an old domain and found two links that looked bad - one went to a "domain for sale" page, the other went to a site I didn't recognize at all, one that looked as tho it had been expired and snapped up by domain speculators.

I asked about those names here, and I'm glad I did, because one name turned out to be Linksters and the other Jays - both guys who have been generous with links in the past, and who I am comfortable linking to, no matter what their domains are doing.

If you feel you need to drop a link to protect a domain, and the linker hasn't started downloading viruses or suchlike shit, you ought to consider transfering the link to another of your domains.

(I understand this gets complicated, and like me you probably have many links where you've forgotten who the link is too and where to return link is supposed to be coming from - I'm just saying don't slash-and-burn links without giving it some extra thought.)

Linking is about trust. Once we start breaking down that trust, once people see people like yourself (who have a past reputation for good linking) saying they are dropping links, it starts a process of the legitimization of link dropping for personal benefit that will hurt us all.

I've told people that you and Captain are trustworthy linkers - so if you guys talk of dropping links, that threatens everyone who links. Which is why I feel the need to speak up about it.

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2007-04-11, 05:32 PM	#9
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	I'm glad to hear that Spaceman, and I want to be clear that i'm reacting to this more as a general subject than worrying about specific links. If I spoke too aggressively or unclearly my apologies. I still think that dropping links is a risky business. Just the other day I was transforming an old domain and found two links that looked bad - one went to a "domain for sale" page, the other went to a site I didn't recognize at all, one that looked as tho it had been expired and snapped up by domain speculators. I asked about those names here, and I'm glad I did, because one name turned out to be Linksters and the other Jays - both guys who have been generous with links in the past, and who I am comfortable linking to, no matter what their domains are doing. If you feel you need to drop a link to protect a domain, and the linker hasn't started downloading viruses or suchlike shit, you ought to consider transfering the link to another of your domains. (I understand this gets complicated, and like me you probably have many links where you've forgotten who the link is too and where to return link is supposed to be coming from - I'm just saying don't slash-and-burn links without giving it some extra thought.) Linking is about trust. Once we start breaking down that trust, once people see people like yourself (who have a past reputation for good linking) saying they are dropping links, it starts a process of the legitimization of link dropping for personal benefit that will hurt us all. I've told people that you and Captain are trustworthy linkers - so if you guys talk of dropping links, that threatens everyone who links. Which is why I feel the need to speak up about it.