"Carol W" <from_you@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> On 12 Mar 2005 18:48:39 GMT, jfc@mit.edu (John F. Carr) wrote:
>
>
> [snip]
>>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

I think you will find the site you are talking about is the OP's site
not the one he is referring to asking for the link.