Having said that, if I do find a web site that has compelling content that is non-spammy, I'll sometimes add 'em as complement to my pages; that's what the "world-wide-web" is all about. Again, you WILL know when you send me a note if it's "legit" or you are trying to "spam" me ... and the odds are pretty good I'll know too! ;-)
And having written all of that, I get a chuckle out of ranking high in
search engines such as Google for some funky stuff
(try this search for "watching grass grow") so if
you think my content is relevant, you are welcome to link to it.
I've also applied some
simple SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to these pages, but let me know if
you think it takes away from the content. I'm a HUGE fan of good relevant
content, and think that as Search Engines get smarter, they will get better
at seperating the junk from the jelly ... and hey, the bottom line is,
did someone coming to my web site find what they were looking for - I hope
that is always the case.
The majority of people reading this will just gloss over all of the above,
the minority will "understand" and realize I'm one of the "good guys" (or
"white hats"), and unfortunately a small number of folks will try to figure
out how they can "use" my stuff/web-site for their personal gain.
Good news is that I'm a "white hat" Sysadmin in my day job, so I have
a fairly decent BS meter and can usually sniff this stuff out! ;-)
Happy Surfin',
Alek
P.S. BTW, if not obvious, I'm a "fan" of Google and impressed not only by
their technology, but their ability to take the "high road" and do "no evil"
as they like to say - they have a pretty "white" hat in my book.
Another one of their efforts I support is the
Google Compute Project.