Re: FN-FORUM site awards

date posted 12th January 2001 15:31

I was referring to distinguished awards such as the webbies and some of the
better awards such as http://www.threeoh.comsite of the month. They are not
all scams yeh cynic you.

Bob.


----- Original Message -----
From: Chas Walton [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM site awards


> Bob Gentle asked
>
> > Anyone had experiences submitting sites for awards. Links / Stories
> > appreciated.
>
> Aren't award sites designed to build traffic to the site that's giving
> the award?
>
> They take a peak at your site, tell you it qualifies (of course!),
> give you a button -- and bingo, they've got another sucker to post a
> link with their name on it.
>
> What do you get in return? A mention somewhere on one more
> best-of-the-web site that no one pays any attention to -- except
> losers who
> are trying to win awards for their own sites.
>
> Much better to devise your own award scheme. You'll have amateurs
> queueing up for your blessing -- which you naturally give. You end up
> with colourful link buttons all across the net.
>
> Anyone like to apply for the TextWizard Award for Tried-and-Tested
> Link Scams?
>
> sceptically,
> Chas Walton
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> www.textwizard.com
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