Getting random requests for a free listing in your directory?

Anyone else getting that? telling you they were selective and feel their website can add value to your directory?

These are not random submissions but sent through the contact form.

 

Yes, had a few in the past couple of weeks, wanting listings for their technology-related sites. I think it's a *hint, hint, free featured listing for me* straw-style scenario

 

Every once in a while - I look at them if they are non profit charity organizations - if they are commercial sites I just hit the delete button.

 

I think it's just another kind of spam!

 

It is the "web 2.0" SPAM !

and yeah...it happened to me a while ago...but I just ignored that request.

 

The ones im getting are decent sites too, are they like the classy spammers?

Thing is i can see myself accepting at least one of the sites too but fearful it will open the floodgates.

 

I got that several times, and taken for a ride once. Suppose to friendly exchange of links, but the guy removed my link in his site a month later without telling me.

Now I take only paid/sponsored link

 

Is there any contact form for phplink directories? How can they contact you? Or you are using other directory scripts?

 

Hehe

I've had a few of these, generally hit the delete key before getting past the third or fourth word. I wouldn't consider them "classy" in that half of the time they use the contact form on my free directories too.

They obviously have some software with an imported list of directories and they hit the contact forms on them all with a politer than normal email.

If you accept even one, I am willing to bet your directory would be moved to the top of that list and you'l end up with more people contacting you for submissions than actual submissions.

 

haha ! true !
I think you will get a high rank on that list..and then the real SPAM commes as an avalanche !

 

Yes, if its not already in your script it can be easily added.

Your right SilkySmooth, i think if i accept il be flooded with them, i must admit i was close to accepting i guess they try it a few times with sending quality sites as a tester.

Yeah i would become popular for all the wrong reasons, lol

 

I simply delete all such requests. These appear to be automated messages. How can I tell? Because some of them have stupid statements in them like "How can I get my site listed on this page?" Well, if they actually visited the site, then they should know the answer: PAY ME!

 

here is an example of mail I received ( I will censor parts of it because don't think the sender would like to become a DP star )

how about that ?

 

Hmmn, I tend to get these types of letters with long-winded explanations of how useful their site would be to my site's visitors. Guess I'm on a different list than you all are.

 

don't say that twice... tomorrow you could end up posting in here