Link Builder Threats In Referer - Scary One

Jun 22, 2020 - 7:11 am 3 by
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Link Builder Threat

Link builders can be pretty savvy and sometimes also, some can be pretty unscrupulous. Here is an example of a link referer threatening the site owner to link to them or else they will give that person's mother.

This was shared by John McAplpin on Twitter:

Link Builder Threats In Referer

John said "Well, that's a first. These link building spammers are pulling out all the stops. Found this in my recurring backlink audit."

Pretty crazy but I suspect none of you should take any of these types of threats seriously. Now, I am curious to see what messages I have waiting for me...

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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