Michael “Five links for $100″ Gray has tagged me in his dirty, filthy and despicable paid links scheme. Erm, meme.
I was even considering paying him $200 not to link to me, and stating, for the record, I wanted no part in it. But he said $200 was far too cheap for that sort of non-publicity, and I’d have to come up with a decent offer.
That gave me an idea. I think this marks the start of the paying-for-not-linking market.
Now, unless these five people come up with $500 bucks each not to link to them, I’m going to link to them.
To Be Paid Links
- John Scott
- Danny Sullivan
- Barry Schwartz
- David Burdon.….and, of course…
- Matt Cutts







Hey Joey did Matt pay his no linking fee this month?
no, eh well me and sum’ a da’ boyz’ are going to hafta stop by da’ plex and pay him a friendly little visit now ain’t we
Pay a visit to Capo di tutti capi for a sit-down?
You crazy, Mike…
Pete,
I’ve just woken up (I’m on British Summer Time) to do my monthly reports. I’ll tell all my clients about the paid non-linking scheme.
Will being placed next Matt Cutts in the paid non-linking scheme reduce or enhance my standing in the eyes of the Google algorithm?
I’ve cut the head off an (organic) chicken, read the entrails and the answer is…
…actually, I’m going to need another $500 to answer that
Or threaten you with another link…
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