Oct
3 Perfect Examples Of Link Exchange Emails (That No One Will Read!)
No matter what Google says about reciprocal links or how much they crack down on paid links, everyone is going to be soliciting links. Paid links are still big business, and the reciprocal link requests are flooding my inbox like it’s 1999!
Since the web is built around links, you need to get links, that’s a given. But there’s a lot to learn about getting them. Some bloggers give some good advice on getting in touch with top bloggers, but I haven’t seen anyone tell you exactly what NOT to do!
Without further ado, here are 3 perfect examples of what NOT to send to someone you want links from:
The “Wait… Do I Know You?”
Hello,
We are following up on our recent phone call and wanted to speak with you or the appropriate person in your organization about the benefits of joining the Mojive Interactive Network.
We noticed that you are driving traffic and promoting performance-based campaigns in the health and fitness category and would like to tell you more about the advertising campaigns sourced by Mojive Interactive that can be promoted via search marketing, opt-in email lists, and general banner/text link placements.
Mojive Interactive – with its superior account management, extremely competitive payouts, and aggressive payment terms – would like to explore several of these options with your site.
Contact us at your earliest opportunity and we look forward to getting you set-up with a new account to our proprietary publisher network.
Thank you for your time,
Mojive Interactive
First of all, I never heard of Mojive Interactive. Strike one.
Second, they sent that email to a personal email address of mine, not a business email. Strike two.
Third, they don’t even use my name or mention one of my websites. Strike three.
So not only is it a generic template email, it pisses me off. To the trash bin with you!
(*I think they must have gotten my info from spammers/telemarketers or something, considering they have outdated info and say nothing about my company or websites.)
The Old-Fashioned Link Farmer
Dear Webmaster,
I am sorry for sending you a second email. I have emailed you a request for adding a link to my client’s website, on your “Links” page.
[MY URL]/links.htm
I am only sending this email as a reminder. Kindly consider listing it under your links section or any other minimum PR 3 page.
If you think we can go ahead, here’s some information about my client’s site:
Title – Lap Band
Url : http://www.lapspam.com/lapband-weight-loss-surgery.php
Description – Safe, effective Lap Band weight loss surgeryTitle – Hoodia Gordonii Plus
Url : http://www.redapplespam.com/hoodia-gordonii-plus.html
Description – Don’t be fooled by products that claim to have real hoodia gordonii! Powerslim is one of the few products that offers 100% Pure hoodia gordonii plus and has the proof to back it.I will add your site on my site here,
http://www.impsport.com/links/links08.html
http://dynamic.rssunderground.com/Fitness.htmlIf you have any queries or you’d like more information, kindly contact me.
And thank you very much for your consideration!Thanks,
Link Manager
At least this person emailed me at a proper email address and listed my URL they were interested in. But they offered to put my link on some super cheesy link farm! Are you kidding?!
The Nigerian Bank Linker
Dear Beneficiary,
The Foundazion Di Vittorio has chosen you by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a link exchange.To celebrate the 30th anniversary 2007 program, We are giving out a yearly donation of $500,000.00 USD to 40 lucky webmasters,as charity donations/aid from the Vittorio Foundation, ECOWAS, EU and the UNO
To file for your claim, You are to fill out below information and send it to the Payment Remitance Office Via their email contact address belowFull Name:….. Address:…….Occupation:…..Country:…..phone:……
Sex:……….Age:……….Next of Kin:………….Winning Batch No:……..
Reciprocal Link URL:…………………………………………………………Payment Remitance Officer’s Contact
Mr Adolfo Pepe
E-Mail: fdv_claimsagent07@yahoo.it
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it
Ok ok, I didn’t get that exact email looking for a reciprocal link… 
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Beware of the Nigerian scams, there are old yet work because there are 1000s of people who are unaware of it.
you forgot about the member size spammers
Dear Owner of xy309;
Want a bigger member? Just link to aosidufowe.com and we’ll send you details to increase your member size.
Sincerely,
megadik
Well actually I took megadik up on his offer, so I couldn’t include it in the “Emails That No One Will Read” article
Hey, Levi, that fundazione di vittorio I was thinking is coming only to me, exclusive .. did you hacked my email ?
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Well, at least you didn`t mention the other one I keep receiving, from professor charles soludo, a nigerian VIP guy …
You can “contribute” here too.
Ah, btw, have you see this ?
This comment is purely to state the fact that I read your post,
And I enjoy your sense of humor, your sarcastic, but not nasty, very few people can find that fine line. Will be reading more of your stuff, even if it is just for the humor…he he
Have a great weekend – Sucker!
@Valentin
I guess we are 2 of the 40 lucky webmasters considered for the prize
Nice links
@Nicholas
Great! Feel free to stop back multiple times every day for more
Love your site. Long time reader, first time commenter.
Call me thick headed, but if reciprocal links are dead, why are there still companies out there trying to sell their services to build links for you?
Are you more referring to piles of links from unrelated sites? IE: If I get 100 links from Real Estate sites for my real estate site, am I getting a thumbs up from Google or really the middle finger?
Thanks for taking the plunge into commenting Scott!
I see what you’re saying, and I wouldn’t say reciprocal links are dead, but it doesn’t matter if there are link builders out there. There are still companies that will submit your site to the search engines… there’s no need for that whatsoever, so it’s basically a scam.
Plus, these link building companies aren’t doing reciprocal links anymore (at least not the better ones.) Not that any of them are any good, but some setup high PR directories and give you links in them instead of on the client site.
In the end it comes down to natural links. If your 100 links are all on links pages with 100 links on each page, Google might give you the middle finger (or, more likely, nothing at all.)
You might need to buy some links through TLA to get the middle finger
I suppose the letters are too long for linking information. Don’t you think so?
You would not believe, but I sometimes still receive “The Old-Fashioned Link Farmer”-style letters.
Is they still send such kind of letters may be it still works?
LMAO, those emails are so PATHETIC, I get about 5 a week and they all SUCK, One of them looked interesting, he proposed a front page blogrol with me and his blogged looked good, he said add my link and your link will be added within 12 hours, so I figured what the hell, I did waited a week without a reply from him and meanwhile his link sat on my front page after which I deleted it. These emails are all stupid, and I just delete them now.
Ouch, the nigerian scammers are now evolved and start using internet. In the old days they simply asking for your bank account through fax machine and emails
I wonder how much a link manager make these days, can’t be less that technical manager.
These are BS emails that go straight into my Junk Mail Box. If i like the content on your site or if it is useful to my visitors, i will definitely link to you. That is quite simple, but they seem to be too stupid to realise it. So Sad…Okie! I have read more than enough of your blog posts to determine the fact that your blog well deserved a link from my site. (Or maybe i deserved to link to your blog.) Whichever the case is, i am linking to you. Cheers
- Rif Chia
The last of the 3 examples you gave cracked me up, I get those all the time in my GMail spam folder.
Do not think so is it very long or timeconsming that’s why most people don’t like to read whole latter or mail….
Well, it’s pretty true that this letter won’t be helpful to get more links! I came across an article saying that to get a link from a good website, you better write a sincere review of that website as a blog in your blog before asking them to link to you!
Why are there still companies out there trying to sell their services to build links for you?
So they were an authentic company and not just a made up one? I thought when this things would arrive on your email mostly this kind of references were mostly mock up.