Comments on: Stay Out of The Bad Part of Town http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/03/26/stay-out-of-the-bad-part-of-town/ Small business marketing blog Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BillinDetroit http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/03/26/stay-out-of-the-bad-part-of-town/#comment-181855 BillinDetroit Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:30:44 +0000 #comment-181855 What's a "link rink"? What’s a “link rink”?

]]> By: Jodi Kaplan http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/03/26/stay-out-of-the-bad-part-of-town/#comment-1428 Jodi Kaplan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1428 The worst part is that it's not just the "questionable" businesses doing it. Some respectable old media firms seem to be completely clueless about managing new media. Seth Godin recently posted that he got a series of e-mails from Reed Elsevier asking him to swap links in order to try to "trick" Google into moving them higher up in the rankings. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/spammers_and_pr.html Naturally, he refused. About a month ago, I got a series of e-mails from another old media company with a forced free trial. They sent me five or six e-mails with issues of their newsletter, subscription pitches (the newsletter costs $895/yr!), and cross-selling other products --- all unasked for, and all within a week or so!! It's one thing to do this with snail mail, but in e-mail it's just an inch away from spamming. The worst part is that it’s not just the “questionable” businesses doing it. Some respectable old media firms seem to be completely clueless about managing new media.

Seth Godin recently posted that he got a series of e-mails from Reed Elsevier asking him to swap links in order to try to “trick” Google into moving them higher up in the rankings.

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/spammers_and_pr.html

Naturally, he refused.

About a month ago, I got a series of e-mails from another old media company with a forced free trial. They sent me five or six e-mails with issues of their newsletter, subscription pitches (the newsletter costs $895/yr!), and cross-selling other products — all unasked for, and all within a week or so!! It’s one thing to do this with snail mail, but in e-mail it’s just an inch away from spamming.

]]> By: Toby http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/03/26/stay-out-of-the-bad-part-of-town/#comment-1431 Toby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1431 There are many scams out there in the form of links and there always seems to be websites, using strategies, trying to beat the search engine algorithms. There are many scams out there in the form of links and there always seems to be websites, using strategies, trying to beat the search engine algorithms.

]]> By: DofAM http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/03/26/stay-out-of-the-bad-part-of-town/#comment-1442 DofAM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1442 Thanks for this one. You are correct of course. The temptation is mighty, but the truth is it's kind of like dating versus casual. One means something, the other definitely doesn't. Thanks for this one. You are correct of course. The temptation is mighty, but the truth is it’s kind of like dating versus casual. One means something, the other definitely doesn’t.

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