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Ditto.
I'm not notifying any of them. Firstly, the old sites who haven't updated could clearly care less about their sites and the ones who have changed their stripes should be able to figure out why their links were dropped on their own.
If they ever did link to me, I could care less if I lose their links ... or their affection.
The only time I notify people that I am dropping a link is if by doing so, I can have some influence on their sites. Let's say somebody puts up an article which I find to be inaccurate or just plain misleading. I'll write to the website owner and let them know that this was the reason I deleted their link.
Sometimes, I get a nice note back thanking me for bringing it to their attention and stating that they have fixed it. Sometimes its worth informing them. Other times ... not so much.
I did continue to link to some of the sites that I used to link to from that deleted page, by placing links to them on other pages. I also eliminated some of my old links entirely.
I contacted the ones that I continued to link to in order to inform them of the new location of my link to them.
I did not contact the ones that lost their link from me. I didn't see any point in doing that. I don't recall a site that dropped its link to my site ever notifying me.
Dear Viva,
My name is John Blackhat. Maybe you don't remember me but I remember you very well. Let me refresh your memory. We exchanged links back in the summer of 2004. The deal was simple. You put my link on your webpage and I put your link on my webpage. We both hoped to gain traffic and PR from this exchange.
Last night, one of my boys found out that you have deleted our link from your webpage. You probably have your reasons for doing this.
Yes, since the summer of 2004 we have made some changes to our website. In spite of those changes your link is intact. Maybe the fact that the link is on a page which is 10 clicks away from the homepage bothers you. Maybe you don't get any traffic through that link.
The link is on a page which is indexed by Google. Our website is not banned by Google. This means that you get a fraction of PR, however small it is, through that link. This creates a situation where i am giving you something which you are not paying for. This puts you in a situation where you are in debt to me.
Debts have to be paid. If they are not payed in this life, they will be eventually paid in the next life.
Sincerely
John Blackhat
My name is John Blackhat. Maybe you don't remember me but I remember you very well. Let me refresh your memory. We exchanged links back in the summer of 2004. The deal was simple. You put my link on your webpage and I put your link on my webpage. We both hoped to gain traffic and PR from this exchange.
Last night, one of my boys found out that you have deleted our link from your webpage. You probably have your reasons for doing this.
Yes, since the summer of 2004 we have made some changes to our website. In spite of those changes your link is intact. Maybe the fact that the link is on a page which is 10 clicks away from the homepage bothers you. Maybe you don't get any traffic through that link.
The link is on a page which is indexed by Google. Our website is not banned by Google. This means that you get a fraction of PR, however small it is, through that link. This creates a situation where i am giving you something which you are not paying for. This puts you in a situation where you are in debt to me.
Debts have to be paid. If they are not payed in this life, they will be eventually paid in the next life.
Rani,
Have we exchanged links before? :)
I don't know if we did or not because i don't know what is your URL.
