Getting Paid Links from Major Sites

[David]

Has anyone been seeing an increase in paid links from major sites or corporations? Here is a few we got over the last few days:

http://www.crayola.com (http://www.crayola.com/)
http://www.friskies.com (http://www.friskies.com/)
http://www.catchow.com (http://www.catchow.com/)
http://www.marshallsonline.com (http://www.marshallsonline.com/)

Have you seen these or others like them?

[kaeldaven]

I didn't get a paid linking ( I don't offer them ) but a week ago I had Hewellet Packard submit a link, and it looks legit...

[smub]

all it is that some seo company who have their contracts liked your directory :)