Perhaps I should have linked, and usually I would, but certainly with large sites with heaps of funding that don’t need a leg up and where they aren’t the focus of the story, sometimes I forget to link. But something is strange when a company with the standing of Zillow sends requests like this.

From my inbox (and via the contact form here on the Inquisitr):

Hello The Inquisitr,

You are being contacted via The Inquisitr by whitney tyner. whitney tyner has provided the following information so you may contact them:

Email: xxxxxx@zillow.com
Phone: 206-757-XXXX
Website: www.zillow.com
Subject: Report an issue

Message:
Hello,

Zillow was very pleased to be mentioned in “Stealth Startup Glassdoor.com Launches: Employment Conditions ” on June 11. If possible, we would greatly appreciate a hypertext link to our website, www.zillow.com.

The article can be found at:

http://www.inquisitr.com/stealth-startup-glassdoor-launches-employment-conditions

If you have any questions or are not the best person to direct this inquiry towards, please let me know. Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,
Whitney

If this had come from a small startup or website operator, I wouldn’t have thought twice about it. A broadscale SEO strategy perhaps?