On 12 Mar 2005 18:48:39 GMT, jfc@mit.edu (John F. Carr) wrote:


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>What's up with this? Legitimate directory site, attempt to trick
>search engines, or something else? I'm asking here because I'm
>betting on the second, and I wonder if this sort of trick is common.

Looking at the site; it appears to be a student of MIT's personal-like
site. Looking on the front page they share
"I am a member of the National Motorists Association, the only
national group supporting motorists rights and the use of engineering
standards instead of politics for traffic control."
So that explains the small sub-section of their personal site about
speeding and speeding laws - which they contacted you about for a link
exchange.

I don't think, at first glance, they are into tricking the search
engines. Very plain and basic pages that appear 1993 in looks [devoid
of color, background images, images, etc] so more into sharing links
and information. But right now I wouldn't classify it as a
directory-site either; maybe in time if the person spins that section
out to a stand alone site and then beefs it up some but right now it
is just one informational subsection of a larger site.

Carol