Subject: Re: links to other sites
I get at least one or more link requests a week.
Mostly BS and always nothing to do with my site's content. Mostly they are time wasting idiot "directories".
Some are very creative, people who have actually read my sites actually ask for links.
The universal answer is always "indifference".
Sometimes, a fellow from my genre, asks for a link even to good sites.
As I said before, I've given three links in ten years
Oops, one small difference, I have for periods up to three months made links to very personal friends [read people like here] solely to get them into Google and then removed the link later when they stood on their own feet.
In OZ terms that's called loyalty to your mates, not all will understand.