Supposedly, linkiewinkie is a web 2.0 social experiment. The website describes itself; “Linkie Winkie is a bit of a social experiment and we want to see what happens. We’re not going to tell you much about it, except that its a very altruistic little site and loves to be talked about.” Heck, as a scientist I’m willing to participate in an experiment to make the world a little bit more interesting.

I’m not sure what it’s all about, but I assume it’s a way to attract and dish out traffic. The website appears to seek out blogs that talk about it and return the favor by displaying a link to that blog on their website. Let’s see if it works!

Update: My post was the top link on linkie winkie within 5 minutes, and it’s been up for over 12 hours. Since then, I’ve had 30 unique visitors and a lot of page views. Visitors have come from: Monaco, Netherlands, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Israel, Canada, Australia, and the US.

Leave a comment if you stop by from linkie winkie!

Update 2: My post is still listed at the top of linkie winkie, about 38 hours later. I’ve had over 125 unique visitors from the site, including the following countries not listed above: India, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, France, Egypt, Germany, Portugal, Norway, South Africa, and Poland!

Update 3: Okay, we’re onto day 3, and still at the top. I now have over 173 unique visitors, and can include the following countries in addition to all those listed above: Mexico, Malaysia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Venezuela, China, and Sweden!

Update 4: I’m no longer the top link at linkie winkie, and now my link will slide down the side and eventually off the bottom.  Last night someone who arrived at the blog via linkie winkie submitted by site to StumbleUpon, and within an hour I had 70 hits from that site.  I also have to add the following countries: Brazil, Switzerland, and Russia.