spam from GPWA member

[bb1web]

Hi all,

I found this interesting as i don't think i provided this email addy as my own at GPWA. If i did .. I still find it a form letter and spam

Hello fellow GPWA member!

I am interested in a reciprocal link exchange with your site (http://www.theonlinecasinogamblingdirectory.com/).

In exchange for a link from your site, I will place a link to your site on one of my static partners pages.

My link information is below. If you are interested in completing this link exchange, please post my link and reply to this email with its location. Be sure to include your link information in your reply so that I can post your link ASAP.

Anchor: Online Gambling
URL: http://theonlinecasinogamblingdirectory.com/
Description: 500+ online gambling sites -- bingo halls, casinos, poker rooms, sports books, and more. No popups, no spam. Get FREE money to try many of the sites. US players OK.

Thanks!

Robert Medl
Webmaster @ The Online Casino Gambling Directory
http://www.theonlinecasinogamblingdirectory.com/
eCOGRA Reputable Gaming Portal since October 2006
Gambling Portal Webmasters Association Seal of Approval since March 2007

if i am wrong ...... I apologize....... but i didn't find this to be a personal invitation ...... as it neither mentioned my GPWA nickname ..... nor my real name..... meaning it is very unlikey this person knows me.

I will let The Guard do his homework and figure this out..

again.........I apologize if I am wrong .... but I don't see it if I am.

[LiveCasinoPartners]

I received the same spam bb1web.

The member is most likely robertmedl

I found the same url in his signature on this thread:
https://www.gpwa.org/forum/accelerat...ng-173071.html

I'm not one to complain and would have let it slide, but seeing how we are addressing it.. oh well.. lol

Personally I think there's a reason why there's a "link exchange" forum. Someone should email him and let him know what's expected here.

[mojo]

I received the exact same except there were three, one for each site.

[pgaming]

Have the same one as well bb

As follows

Hello fellow GPWA member!

I am interested in a reciprocal link exchange with your site.

In exchange for a link from your site, I will place a link to your site on one of my static partners pages.

My link information is below. If you are interested in completing this link exchange, please post my link and reply to this email with its location. Be sure to include your link information in your reply so that I can post your link ASAP.

Anchor: Online Gambling
URL: http://theonlinecasinogamblingdirectory.com/
Description: 500+ online gambling sites -- bingo halls, casinos, poker rooms, sports books, and more. No popups, no spam. Get FREE money to try many of the sites. US players OK.

Thanks!

Robert Medl
Webmaster @ The Online Casino Gambling Directory
http://www.theonlinecasinogamblingdirectory.com/
eCOGRA Reputable Gaming Portal since October 2006
Gambling Portal Webmasters Association Seal of Approval since March 2007

Delivered to my private email account.

[pgaming]

I received the same spam bb1web.

The member is most likely robertmedl

I found the same url in his signature on this thread:
https://www.gpwa.org/forum/accelerat...ng-173071.html

I'm not one to complain and would have let it slide, but seeing how we are addressing it.. oh well.. lol

Personally I think there's a reason why there's a "link exchange" forum. Someone should email him and let him know what's expected here.

You be right Wager! Not sure why this member would take this route? Could have just ask members here?

greek39

[MichaelCorfman]

I've sent a pm to Robert letting him know about this thread. Hopefully he will get the message and reply here.

Michael

[pgaming]

I would have considered the request but not in the fashion it was presented. The email account this member used is reserved for other things.

Michael thanks for letting this member aware.

greek39

[robertmedl]

Hi all,

Mea culpa. I was unaware that the best way to approach getting a link exchange was to use the link exchange forum. I sincerely apologize and did not mean to spam folks... I was just trying to reach as many of the approved GPWA members as possible with my request.

Again, I do apologize.

Sincerely,

[LiveCasinoPartners]

5 lashes with a wet noodle!!!

Thanks for posting Robert. It's no big deal in the overall picture. I've made tons of marketing mistakes when I was starting out. I tried link farms, mailing lists (when it was the "thing" in 2002).. and outsourcing link exchanges at getafreelancer.com .. all with catastrophic results to my own SEO efforts.

Good luck Robert

[pgaming]

Robert,

No big deal I was just a little worried over the email you used. I am sure there are lots of GPWA members who would gladly exchange links.

greek39

[bb1web]

Thanks for posting Robert. It's no big deal in the overall picture.

considering your reply Robt ......I'm sorry i didn't bring this to you personally. I really thought it was some sort of a spam since I (don't think) I used the email you contacted me with ...... (maybe I was mistaken) .... so I thought it was some sort of really perversed approach by someone who was just using GPWA as a jumping board.

I'm both sorry but think i may have in the end .... saved you getting turned down by legit GPWA members.

PM'ing folks ...... or as i just am now finding out ..... the link exchange thread ..... is IMHO the way to go.

I don't know if I'm right .... but I found your email to be a form letter right off the bat and wouldn't have given it a second thought if you didn't mention the GPWA in the first place.

we all make mistakes. Hell I do all the time. You have taken the appropriate approach in addressing the matter and I respect you for that. PM me .... and though I usually don't do link exchanges...... and can't say whether my sites will be of any real use or not .... will consider a trade out.

many of my sites are now under a parntership with SEO (experts) and I leave them to the pros ..... but I can probably work out some kind of thing with you.

I hope this makes up for the thread. I really thought at first this was some kind of spam situation which was targeting GPWA members.

Hope I'm forgiven.

[rob3786]

I recieved it to thanks for the apology

[Fortune Palace]

Got this, too, last week. As he was GPWA and eCOGRA approved, I didn't think it was spam, but it didn't seem like a personalised request either, so I ignored it.

But as so many of you got the same email, it makes me wonder: did Robert get hold of a list with all our email addresses from somewhere or just manually get them from our profiles?

Robert?

[robertmedl]

The source of the email addresses that I used in contacting GPWA members regarding a link exchange was through SEO Elite V4. This software can create a list of potential link partners from an existing page, and then it uses various methods of determining the email address to use to contact someone at each of the sites.

I pointed SEO Elite at the page of approved GPWA members, and addressed my email to the email addresses that the software provided.