What to look for when placing backlink?

[Zohaib]

Hello Everyone!!!

When I place back links on others' websites, following are the things which i closely observe in order to get maximum benefit.


Relevancy
Main keyword in title and url
Anchor Text
Page rank
Links must be no greater than 20 on that page.
That particular page is in Google, yahoo and MSN database.
Whether they have used rel="nofollow" or not.
Links are simple html link or have used some kind of Javascript
Alexa Rank
robots.txt

What seo-experts here at digital point are looking for please let me know.
If something is missing please point it out. I shall be very thankful.

[JoshuaGross]

Links no greater than 20?

I think most pages have well more than that. Isn't Google's rule something like 200 or 100?

[Monty]

Links no greater than 20?

I think most pages have well more than that. Isn't Google's rule something like 200 or 100?

Yes, Google will have no problem handling hundreth of links, but I think the less links there is, the better

[Zohaib]

Links no greater than 20?

I think most pages have well more than that. Isn't Google's rule something like 200 or 100?

I've read on many blogs and forums that the least links are there on a page the better it is.

[JoshuaGross]

Right, makes sense. I'd just raise it from 20 to 40/50 maybe... I honestly haven't done much hardcore SEO though (haven't needed to as much, focusing on content/structure works very well alone).

I would also remove the Alexa ranking from your list - it's not all that accurate as far as I know. I'd ask for proof of traffic instead, if you want to know (Analytics screen shots, etc).

[Zohaib]

I would also remove the Alexa ranking from your list - it's not all that accurate as far as I know.

You are right about alexa rank.

http://www.expert-seo.net/Alexa-Rankings-and-the-Effect-on-Your-Website-Traffic.html

[Nick_Mayhem]

Alexa is becoming non reliable.

The not more then 20 links on particluar page was a nice point though.

[Subzero]

A few more to check:

Text around the link (similar to relevancy)
Age of site
Placement of the link

[DomainDrivers]

Why 20? Why 50? Doesn't the G webmasters guide say 100?

[TechEvangelist]

If you are focusing on picking up PR, the more links a page has, the more the PR is diluted. 20 is a good rule for a maximum. You are probably not going to pick up much PR from a page that has 100 links.

Google's guidelines advise no more than 100 links to a page. Take it for what it is worth.

[weknowtheworld]

I would support 100 links per page...

[Zohaib]

Thankyou all for replying. More comments are appreciated.