A dramatic S.E.O. fail

Been a bit quiet of late…
Feeling compelled to share a great link exchange request email that a colleague of mine got for his attention as webmaster:

“Dear Webmaster/Site owner,

While browsing for “Keyword” I have come across your website.
I found its content relevant to our website (http://www.I’velefttheURLoutbecauseI’mnotTHATcruel.com). As per Google’s algorithm outbound link on relevant web page is crucial in determining websites Page Rank and search engine ranking. Could you please do me a favor by posting our details in your websites “LINK/Resource” page at
http://www.lefttheURLoutagain.com
Looking forward to positive reply/action from you!!

Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,

“Link Builder”

All I can say to this is a hearty WELL DONE to Mr Link Builder if that is his real name. You were browsing for “keyword” you say?

Are you sure you didn’t just forget to change your email template?

I’m not so confident that you will get much positive reply/action I’m afraid. At least you gave me a chuckle and for that I thank you.
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Tags: epic SEO fail, idiot, link-building