Meatless Super Links--because some of Google’s spiders could be vegan.

(Pic of the links at SEOMoz! http://lockerz.com/s/134343171)

Note: This is an open cover letter to Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOMoz, a company I would love to work for. If you are not CEO of SEOMoz, it’s possible I might want to work for you too—just check my Hire Me page to see if we might get along.

Hi Rand,

By the time you read this post I assume that you’ve received the links I sent you. As you might have guessed when you opened the box, these are no ordinary links. These are Super-Links. Please enjoy them with care. Super-Links can be very powerful and often dangerous when misused.

Being in the SEO business, I’m sure you’ve realized that Link Building isn’t as effective as it used to be. As you know, many websites with high quality backlinks have been penalized (Pandalized?) for having–in Google’s eyes at least–a poor user experience and shallow content. It’s enough to make one think that the profession of the link builder (at least when it comes to links churned out from widgets, badges, and quizzes) has gone the way of the blacksmith and milkman.

Building with Super-Links, however, is a different story. I’ll wager that after you received the can of links I sent you, your organic search traffic continued to increase at the rate that it has in the past instead of dramatically decreasing–which was what COULD have happened had I not sent you these links. So, in other words, I MIGHT have helped you dodge a bullet. Correlation is not causation, I know, but you still have to wonder…

You don’t have to thank me. I must admit that this was not a completely selfless act. I know you’re looking for a kick-ass community attaché and I would love to sit down and interview for that position. In order to prove that I could fulfill that role, I thought it’d be good to show you how creative I could be when it came to doing community outreach.

I haven’t been in the startup world long. I decided to change careers when I had an idea for a little startup of my own. In pursuit of that idea, I taught myself how to code and built goldhat.org. Goldhat was (and is!) a passion project of mine. I wanted web content creators an alternative way to promote their great work on the web and I believed a micro-patronage system similar to flattr.com’s could be it.

To me, this resonates with SEOMoz’s core purpose: “To Simplify the Promotion of Ideas on the Web” Someday maybe my little project will grow and do just that, but you guys are doing that right now, and this is something I would love to be a part of.

If you want to know more about me, and why I’d be a good fit for your team, please check out this page.  Also, my resume can be found here.

Sincerely,

Kenji