The Link Demand - Make Me An Offer I Can't Refuse
Indeed. Which brings me to this 'thing of ours'. What we call SEO, or search engine optimisation. The glory days of the link exchange may now be a distant memory, but that hasn't stopped one plucky fellow spamming my email box with what must surely be the next logical step for any 'automated link request email' spammer.
There we go. Anybody who's ever seen the Godfather films knows that intent is always conveyed through tone. No begging, no polite suggestion that we should maybe swap numbers and go out for backlink service sometime. Straight in with the boot. The link demand.
Ah, there it is, my end, tucked away in a sentence so brief and devoid of charm I actually missed it on the first two readings. The website social bookmarking service in question has a page entitled links directory, where I'm sure my link – if I were to agree to this demand – would reside. Aren't I the lucky one.