Am I Glad It Crashed

Ok – I am getting a real education here. Last night I used a free back link linking service that was suppose to automatically promote my site to about 50 different sites. Well, it crashed last night after 7 sites, so I thought it would be a good exercise to do it manually – tonight being “Sign Up For An Account” night. It was a good decision.

Spammer Alert!

First of all, quite a number of the sites (at least five as I write this, and I’m only half through the list) have very strict rules against “spamming” or “self-promoting” your linkage. And I can understand that. The spirit of some of these sites is in that you can share links with others that you find interesting, not links that get you clicks for your business.

Of course, that’s the business that we are in, so what is one to do? Well, I have no problem signing up for any of these accounts, but I will be sure to post content that is relevant to their Terms of Service. If not, I’m a spammer. Pure and simple.

Who Are You?

Then there were the sites that had absolutely nothing to do with the content for which I was posting. One of the sites dealt with Internet Marketing. Another site was for medical professionals. It had nothing whatsoever to do with my blog. So posting to them is considered spamming.

Unless I did have an article on Internet Marketing and another on Medical Procedures, but I digress.

Are You Even There?

Finally, there were sites that were either down completely or refused to accept new registrants. Like these were going to help me any.

What Did I Learn?

Well, I still have 20 or so in which to register, but I learned one very important thing: If you’re going to use those automated (or even free semi-automated) programs for generating back links, you better know to whom you are linking, and stay within their Terms of Service. Otherwise, bye-bye reputation!

Best wishes, hold your head high, and Control Your Destiny.

Mike P Smith