As of August 2013 – and to encourage better content and not just click-throughs - links are now disabled on the first three slides of Slideshare presentations. Here’s a demo:

Slide 1 link:http://www.andrewmacarthy.com

Slide 2 links

Amazon UShttp://amzn.com/B007L50HE6

Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007L50HE6

Slide 3 links

Follow Me:www.facebook.com/500socialmediatipswww.twitter.com/500socialmediawww.youtube.com/500socialmediatips

Slide 4 links

http://www.youtube.com/500socialmediatips(and it works!)