Hi DP Member plz see attached image and is this true. i think Reciprocal Linking dictionerys are fake, no importance nows days of these kinds of dictionerys. Are you Agree ??
I agree but not at 100% If you read.. theys wrote "excessive" reciprocal or exchanging .. In my opinion theys check how much links reciprocals have the site and how much not reciprocal
I take it you mean directories? No, they have been of little to no value for a long time (still the standard "SEO" - and I use the term loosely - technique for many), which even Matt Cutts has spoken about. As for reciprocal linking, as it mentions - "excessive", as in a lot. So that would be a problem, but some reciprocal links are valid. Anyway, your question (in terms of reciprocal links, not directories) makes me think of a recent Whiteboard by Rand Fishkin: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/10-myths-that-scare-seos-but-shouldnt-whiteboard-friday
google said that long time ago and i have it in my blogpost here: http://blogs.digitalpoint.com/entry.php?b=54 this is 100% true. i have few clients who used link exchange before and got warning from google through their webmaster tool account about unnatural link building.
Two way link exchange is no longer works, it can be flagged as abnormal link building anytime. And same happen on directory
Google doesn't specifically indicate which link schemes they are referring to and everyone is wondering what still works. "Scheme" could imply too many different things and people are scrambling to delete every link they ever built.
Now days, reciprocal Links don't have much wait in Google algorithm. So try to avoid this type of link building.
hmmm... Im almost glad that Im starting my link building efforts after the penguin and panda updates...
Penguin changed a lot of the Google ranking rules for off-page SEO. Before it seemed presume backlinking (except paid links) was natural), but now it appears to acknowledge much or most of it these days is artificial.
If Google don't allow reciprocal link or it is not good for a site, then is it good free link submission on directory? If i want to submit my link in directory by payment, then i think it is too costly process for most of blogger or site owner. Anyone can advise me which kind link building is more effective to increase Page Rank? Thanks Farabi