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timhoward · 04-24-2008, 12:36 PM

Reciprocal links work if they are relevant to your theme.

if you link to anyone and everyone youl end up with tons of links but 90% will be unrelated. This jumble of links on a page is the reason why links dont have power with the searche, not the fact that your linking back to the site.

so dont bother linking to unrelated sites Unless you believe it to be a great resource for your users. that simple really.

DanSmith · 04-27-2008, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrickyB

Can I just everyone's opinion on link exchanges. Is it correct that as long as the links are relevant, they are good for SEO. I was shot down on another forum for suggesting that, so I wanted to gain other people's opinions:

Google webmaster pages say:

"However, some webmasters engage in link exchange schemes and build partner pages exclusively for the sake of cross-linking, disregarding the quality of the links, the sources, and the long-term impact it will have on their sites."

Link schemes

As much as I hate building reciprocal links through link exchanges; is it worth my while?!

Cheers

Most SEO's have their own view on inbound links and reciprocal linking, and I believe all of them to be true, to an extent.

Personally, I believe all links (except from illegal websites), regardless of relevance and strength, have some value. However, a directly related inbound link from a website will hold more value than a link from an irrelevant website.

Regarding reciprocal linking, I have mixed views. If you create a "Links" page on your website, and stuff it with 100 reciprocal links, then this, for various reasons, will not help your website in the SERPs, and may infact have a detrimental effect on your website. However, a selection of relevant, 3 way reciprocal links, carefully placed on your website are completely fine (in my opinion), and I actively encourage this type of linking.

Hope that helps.

Dan

Britnet · 05-15-2008, 04:38 PM

Hi all

I have just registered with this forum and I am pleased I came across this post. I have read the whole post and I must say that I don’t agree with some points. I have been in the SEO industry for over 7 years now and I have seen the good the bad and the ugly. I have just read a number of disturbing factors that quite frankly made my hair stand on end. I am not here to slander people in anyway in-fact the same as Rick I only want to spread my knowledge.

Rick I started working in SEO in Lancashire how is work going up there just now?

I don’t agree with a lot of pointers here, I have tried and tested a lot of different ways of promotion and I believe it really is simple.
The best advice I could give anyone who reads this is to STAY AWAY from link building, by this I mean the normal methods of reciprocal links etc. Now you maybe all wondering how I could possibly say this, well its simple Google will and always will be changing their algorithms, normal Joe Smith on the street will read up about link building and begin doing it in the wrong fashion. Anyway lets get to the point Rich why create reciprocal linking when you could easily do 5-8 way links much better and would be valid for years to come.

Anyway I could go on for ages disputing SEO methods fact is I have thousands of websites THAT RANK and to be honest I rarely ever promote then via links.
If anyone here would like more information or help then I am here to help.

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04-24-2008, 12:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
timhoward Regular Poster Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11	Reciprocal links work if they are relevant to your theme. if you link to anyone and everyone youl end up with tons of links but 90% will be unrelated. This jumble of links on a page is the reason why links dont have power with the searche, not the fact that your linking back to the site. so dont bother linking to unrelated sites Unless you believe it to be a great resource for your users. that simple really.

05-15-2008, 04:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
Britnet Regular Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: East Sussex Posts: 13	Hi all I have just registered with this forum and I am pleased I came across this post. I have read the whole post and I must say that I don’t agree with some points. I have been in the SEO industry for over 7 years now and I have seen the good the bad and the ugly. I have just read a number of disturbing factors that quite frankly made my hair stand on end. I am not here to slander people in anyway in-fact the same as Rick I only want to spread my knowledge. Rick I started working in SEO in Lancashire how is work going up there just now? I don’t agree with a lot of pointers here, I have tried and tested a lot of different ways of promotion and I believe it really is simple. The best advice I could give anyone who reads this is to STAY AWAY from link building, by this I mean the normal methods of reciprocal links etc. Now you maybe all wondering how I could possibly say this, well its simple Google will and always will be changing their algorithms, normal Joe Smith on the street will read up about link building and begin doing it in the wrong fashion. Anyway lets get to the point Rich why create reciprocal linking when you could easily do 5-8 way links much better and would be valid for years to come. Anyway I could go on for ages disputing SEO methods fact is I have thousands of websites THAT RANK and to be honest I rarely ever promote then via links. If anyone here would like more information or help then I am here to help.