Orbitz not allowing inbound links.

Here is a weird entry Orbitz just added to their TOS. For some reason or another, starting March 12th, Orbitz is not allowing any inbound links unless they give you permission to link to them. I would think a SEO in the company would tell them their mistake. Or do they know something we dont know??

Also how do you possibly enforce something like this? It goes against what the internet is all about.

Personally, I believe I'm going to use a variation of this...with all the page jacking issues and content thiefs it certainly is a clean manner to address quickly any issues related to them.

I just went through a VERY messy situation with 2 specific sites that were page jacking knowingly and flatly refused to respond to request to remove the offending links. There were a total of 5. 2 removed the links voluntarily no questions asked, one site was already shut down by the host.

One has been banned by the host service (that site has been down nearly 4 days and supposedly serves 50K visitors a month) and is still down which creates more potential problems as they are now slandering on other sites. Naturally they fail to mention all the facts. (actually was quite satisfying given the potential damage and malicious intent of the site owner)

The last removed the link only after notice was sent to the host advising of intent to take action.

This type of on site legal notice would simplify the process of getting these unethical linking techniques under control. I won't have to give notice any longer, I can just take action.

Cheers