User talk:Cdduncan

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Walter Siegmund (talk) 22:44, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Spammy Links
Walter, thank you so much for the welcome. This is in reference to the "Certificate of Deposit" page. I will be honest in that my first reason for coming here was a suggestion from some SEO person that at times you can get a link to your website if done correctly. When it comes to commercial sites you want to be ranked as high as you can, and relevant one-way links fit the bill. I spend a lot of time doing that on my own. I don't like link farms, etc. So when other sites are given free links it is frustrating. BankRate.com doesn't need anymore links. BankCD.com use to charge a fee, but I guess decided they could make more money by having people click ads on their site. And BestCashCow.com, although they give good info, doesn't exist for altruistic reasons. And I believe all 3 fall under #5 of the list of things to avoid when it comes to external links. So, I would like to see their links go away. And just so you know another user felt the same way I did, but I don't recall their exact user name, it was spam something. The history of their changes to the page have been removed. And another ad laden site has a link there now as well. So how many are needed? I vote to have them all removed. BTW, I did add some useful content to the article. $ isn't everything afterall. --Cdduncan 18:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Cdduncan; thanks for your query and your interest. I wonder if perhaps you might post the above suggestion at Talk:Certificate of deposit and wait a few days for comment. Then, if there is no disagreement, you can remove the links in question citing the talk page in your edit summary to justify your edit. Your edits will be taken more seriously if you say something about yourself and your interests at User:Cdduncan. However, if you want to edit anonymous, do not reveal information that would compromise your status. See WP:TALK for more on how to use talk pages. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 17:08, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You posted at Talk:Certificate of deposit and User:AAAAA objected to your proposal. She has been editing since mid-2004.   My impression is that she is a serious and mature editor. I worked with her on Annie Easley but that was last fall. I haven't worked with her since. Perhaps you can find alternative sites on which you can both agree. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 19:39, 30 April 2006 (UTC)