mhansen - 10:01 pm on Nov 12, 2011 (gmt 0)

I link out to quality sites, respectfully ask for a link back.. sometimes I get the linkback, sometimes I dont.

Bingo...

Dear Webmaster - We recently linked to your site in an article at blahblahblah/murul/here. We found your coverage to be a great compliment to our article and very useful to our readers. If you object to this link, please let us know and we will remove it immediately. If not, thanks again for the great resource. Me, Webmaster My Website Business

You don't even need to ask for a link... in fact... doing so may be the difference between the spam button, and someone actually coming to read your article.