Romeo - 3:55 pm on Jan 29, 2007 (gmt 0)

If -- in addition to the karma Appi2 already mentioned -- you feel the need to send mails, be sure to be authentic and speak for yourself.

Besides the wording of the text itself, some formal aspects may be important, too.

About 80% of incoming link requests get silently deleted here without even looking at the requester's page due to not even adhering to these basics:

-- there should be a full name appearing in the mail's "From:" line, not just a faked 'Sheila' or 'Mary-Ann' or even no name at all.

-- the mail address should be of that domain you want the link for, no gmail address, no hotmail, no yahoo, no cheap other domain ...

-- a basic etiquette suggests to start the mail text with a 'Dear <hostmaster>' or similar, using the simple word 'please' within the text at least once, and close with some greetings and sign with a name that should match the name in the "From:" line.
An anonymous 'Link Manager' is a poor name ...

Kind regards,
R.

[edit reason: spelling...]

[edited by: Romeo at 3:57 pm (utc) on Jan. 29, 2007]