Is it against Google guideline to ask people to link to your site?

[Jihoy]

I see a lot of my competitors, having "link to us" code for its visitors. I am just wondering, isn't that against Google quality guideline? Can I ask people to link to me with anchor text? If i am not paying for it, it's not paid links? Or is that manipulation of search engine?

[seosapien]

Don't confuse Google with Fidel Castro :).

There is nothing wrong with requesting back links from your users. If they liked your site/content most of them will link on their own and there is absolutely nothing wrong with "guiding" them on what you would like to link to look like.

[lenivie]

There's nothing wrong with asking for a back link.. As long as you follow the guidelines everything's going to turn out okay.

[mrandrei]

That's not against Google's guidelines. What Google prohibits is participating in excessive link exchanges.

[Gallito]

This is how the web works, Google wants people to link to each other so they can determine relevance ;D

[riderbabygurl]

I don't think its against by TOS by Google. All i know is if you buy links and link to link farms then they will treat your site as spam or there could be a possibility that your site will be penalize by Google.

[kbeus21]

It is ok to ask people to link to your site, it is a good idea to make sure it will be useful to their visitors and their site is not a link farm.

[jitendraag]

You are just making it easier for people to link to you. Someone who wants to link to your site would most likely be giving a dofollow link anyway.

[AnimeGodz]

Its ok as long as you dont overdo it, like forcing them to.