Learning the art of linking
Linkie Winkie is indeed something exciting - looking at how this social experiment is structured one can learn a lot not only about the ways robots crawl web sites (I recently got acquainted with a good few of previously unfamiliar ones 
), but also how fast the episiteic (or epilinkic) spreads, which sites are likely to be affected and how SEs react to this spread.
I wholeheartedly admire the ability to pull data almost in real-time, make selection based on a keyword/codeword/signature and adjust the system accordingly. Well done!
The machine seems to be here, the only question is - how it is going to be used?
Concerning the timing - I hope I’m getting it right this time. Last time I was a day or so late for the party.
tags: link, linking, social experiment
Posted by LZZR under SEO Tricks, Blog |
If I was in the know, I wouldn’t tell you. As I’m not in the know, I can’t tell you.
Comment by John Diffenthal — July 4, 2006 @ 2:48 am
Oh, I\’m sure you know quite vey much a lot about Linkie Winkie already
(and quite a lot more is going to come up soon, I\’m sure).
We know Linkie Winkie
Comment by lzzr — July 4, 2006 @ 7:05 am
My guess is that it links to those sites that link to it at a certain time. But I don’t know what time is that. Any hints?
Comment by Ali — July 6, 2006 @ 8:39 am
[…] More evidence is accruing, though; this post here indicates that not only is the site automatic (so I shouldn’t feel snubbed, I just somehow failed to meet the right criteria), but that there’s a lot of giggling, nudging and secret handshakes going on among certain SEO geeks. So I’m figuring I’ve been brushed by the coat-tails of something that is destined to pass me by. I think maybe the crawler is looking for a certain core number of regular readers before it links back, which would explain the lack of reciprocation quite adequately - VCTB is a bit of a backwater, to be honest…(sob, whimper, etc) […]
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