The currency of this economy was the "Link Back." To be featured on LinksCorner, you had to place a small, 88x31 pixel button on your own site—usually an animated GIF that read "Proud member of LinksCorner" or "Listed with LinksCorner."
But the spirit of LinksCorner never died. It lives on in every "Awesome Lists" GitHub repository, every curated newsletter, and every subreddit wiki. It is the eternal reminder that algorithms are fast, but human curation is meaningful. linkscorner
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But for those of us who were there? It was the most honest search engine the world has ever known. The currency of this economy was the "Link Back