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It probably started with the guy adding something like "Edited using XXXX Editor tool" to make himself some publicity. Seeing that it worked he started selling
by janmo 5y ago
It probably started with the guy adding something like "Edited using XXXX Editor tool" to make himself some publicity. Seeing that it worked he started selling those backlinks a fortune.
- slim 5y agoCirca 1999 I was running a webdesing studio. We added that link to all the websites we designed, then the next logical step was to make it link to a page with our entire portfolio which in turn linked to our website. That boosted the SEO of all our customers, and in turn boosted ours exponentially.