Earlier today I was thinking that I really need to start sharing more stupid ideas ;), well remember in the old when Log spamming had 2 benefits
1) open logs you got backlinks from ![]()
2) send enough fake referrers and the site owner would come and see what you had said or why you where linking to them ![]()
Enter 2009 and I and I had a light bulb moment, I was just checking a 404 error page report for a client, I then jumped over to Googles Webmaster Console to see if any Backlinks where pointing to the 404 pages, then I began to wonder how many other seo / webmasters do the same thing day after day.
Then I thought what if I just linked to a few people on pages that don’t exist that would show up in their WMC they would see the links pointing at a 404, then they would either
a) They just ignore me.
b) They at least click once to see what I had said about them, at least the landing page would tell them who I am.
c) They would contact me to get the link fixed, opening up the opportunity to make friends ![]()
DaveN
7 Comments
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13th January 2009 @ 12:39
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Nice idea, but would they still be friends when you didn’t fix the link for them?
13th January 2009 @ 13:35
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Meh, your lack of AJAX and rounded corners in this solution means I’m going to have to revoke its web 2.0 status
13th January 2009 @ 15:14
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I love little things like that Dave. I was doing some link-spankage on moneysupermarket’s backlinks once and I emailed this guy. He came back with “If you’re another one of those SEO people it’s a £100 a month - I get loads of you hassling me”. Moral of the story? If you’re selling advertising - makesure you link to the big boys.
13th January 2009 @ 21:12
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This is just too bizarre. You think that by tricking someone then they will be your friend? I’m rather confused.
15th January 2009 @ 02:42
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http://tinyurl.com/7hquea log spamming web 2.0
13th January 2009 @ 12:27
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RT @DaveNaylor http://tinyurl.com/7hquea log spamming web 2.0
13th January 2009 @ 12:32



You are an evil genius. I like it… Thanks. I couldn’t be bothered actually doing any of this myself, heh… But I like that you thought of this and blogged it. Nice one.