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Spam Gone Awry, Heh!

Think the guy who sent me this email is going to get a lot of links to his site?

Hi,
I was browsing [****fill in name of site***] and I was wondering if you’d consider a link exchange . My company has a few high quality websites that have an excellent PageRank and I’d be happy to offer you a link from one or more of them.

Can't wait to see one of his pitch letters or press releases.

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Ah the price you pay for launching a wildly successful blog-only campaign: more spam!

Posted by: Mack Collier at October 28, 2005 10:23 AM

What made you read it initially?

Posted by: carey at November 1, 2005 2:18 PM

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