1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

Reciprocal linking may not be dead

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by Valley, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. #1
    We are all aware that December 2007 spelt the message that paid links will get you penalized for buying or selling.
    I have come accross a site that has sailed past me in the serps..... and guess what , they are all reciprocal links.
    This I believed had died a death several years ago.
    Perphaps this is now theonly way to proove that you have not bought them?
    Anyway
    I am going to give recips a try again.
    It worked for them.....
     
    Valley, Jan 14, 2008 IP
  2. Icedout

    Icedout Active Member

    Messages:
    674
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    95
    #2
    I've been doing recip linking for 2 years now and getting good traffic and making money from adsense. Prolly not as good as some, but it's a lot easier doing recip linking that tyring to look for oneway links. Oneway links can be too time consuming, I have a 2nd job so there's no way in hell I can screw around with learning how to find one way links. I stick to the old fashion way.

    Don't listen to everything you read on the internet man. Recip linking is not dead and it still brings a decent amount of traffic. You have to remember Google isn't the only search engine out there! There's other search engines that still value recip linking.

    Some of the seo pros say one way linking is the best and only way you should do it. But they need to understand some people have a life and other hobbies. I'm not going to sit at a computer all day trying to look for one way links, sorry I'm not.
     
    Icedout, Jan 14, 2008 IP
    SEOLinker likes this.
  3. Stallion

    Stallion Banned

    Messages:
    528
    Likes Received:
    8
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #3
    Try to follow trends of adult webmasters. They have a huge market and they know how to play the game. They've been doing recip linking for years and they still do.
     
    Stallion, Jan 14, 2008 IP
  4. Valley

    Valley Peon

    Messages:
    1,820
    Likes Received:
    47
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #4
    Are there any adult webmasters?
    Never met one!
    Or do you mean adult industry?
     
    Valley, Jan 15, 2008 IP
    Dollar likes this.
  5. Ace0

    Ace0 Active Member

    Messages:
    526
    Likes Received:
    4
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    58
    #5
    Yep I also saw some sites with many reciprocals... and a nice PR 5 and leading the serps....
     
    Ace0, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  6. Valley

    Valley Peon

    Messages:
    1,820
    Likes Received:
    47
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #6
    I am begging to think there is real value in super related sites one again.
    The site that sailed past me had mostly unrealted links
     
    Valley, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  7. pondlife

    pondlife Peon

    Messages:
    898
    Likes Received:
    18
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #7
    Reciprocal links are still working for me...

    You can get EASY one-way links from my site (see sig) no reciprocal required :)
     
    pondlife, Jan 15, 2008 IP
    bogart likes this.
  8. crystak

    crystak Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,121
    Likes Received:
    36
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    115
    #8
    Quality (QUALITY) one way links are hard to get - and in my opinion a PR5 reciprocal link (when your site has just started or is PR<3) is better than quite a substantial number of directory submissions and other crappy unrelated sites (blog comments, etc.).

    I've always used reciprocal links (for my celebrity sites, where most pople use blogs etc. and you can get an easy "blogrol" link back).
     
    crystak, Jan 15, 2008 IP
    bogart likes this.
  9. seo4china

    seo4china Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,075
    Likes Received:
    18
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    130
    #9
    If it doesn't hurt, then it helps :)
     
    seo4china, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  10. qazu

    qazu Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,834
    Likes Received:
    62
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    165
    #10
    I'm not sure it was ever dead, just devalued. One way links are best but difficult to get. A reciprocal link, non-related link, free directory submission are all better than no link.
     
    qazu, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  11. aboutthenet

    aboutthenet Peon

    Messages:
    350
    Likes Received:
    2
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #11
    Yes a link is a link where ever you get it from
     
    aboutthenet, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  12. MTbiker

    MTbiker Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    2,536
    Likes Received:
    123
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    170
    #12
    If the link doesn't come from a page that already has 500 links and no other content, it's probably worth getting. Those spammy links are probably the "dead" links.
     
    MTbiker, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  13. Valley

    Valley Peon

    Messages:
    1,820
    Likes Received:
    47
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #13
    Problem is muppets link to you and then drop your link a week later.
    Are you the one with the motorbike website? Valantino whatever?
     
    Valley, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  14. rjmueller542

    rjmueller542 Peon

    Messages:
    28
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #14
    I think the one exception that a link is better than no link is if its a spammy link or link farm link. People say there is no proof they cause rank problems with your site, but I wouldn't go out looking for them or purposely add them
     
    rjmueller542, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  15. Valley

    Valley Peon

    Messages:
    1,820
    Likes Received:
    47
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #15
    Recips are just more stable.
    I have a suspiction that G is now looking at the link profile now, thus if you have no recips I BET that is a negative.
    Now that is a thought....
     
    Valley, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  16. MTbiker

    MTbiker Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    2,536
    Likes Received:
    123
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    170
    #16
    Yeah that's true. You pay for a yearly link and it lasts a week... they don't care because they have your money!

    (no motorbike sites here, must be another member) :)
     
    MTbiker, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  17. EdJohanson

    EdJohanson Peon

    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #17
    I believe that every link is good link. Reciprocal link from PR5 or higher is more valuable then one way link from PR2 for example. Important thing is content of the sites, of course. If sites are in different niches one way link don't has any value.
     
    EdJohanson, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  18. Valley

    Valley Peon

    Messages:
    1,820
    Likes Received:
    47
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #18
    I may even have a play with webrings again.
    Non SEO traffic
     
    Valley, Jan 15, 2008 IP
  19. dan99

    dan99 Active Member

    Messages:
    65
    Likes Received:
    2
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    93
    #19
    Exchanges with quality related sites are still fine IMO.

    New sites with only one way links are quite suspicious.
     
    dan99, Jan 16, 2008 IP
  20. affiliatesheree

    affiliatesheree Peon

    Messages:
    116
    Likes Received:
    4
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #20
    I don't think it's completely dead, I just stopped focusing on it and started focusing on link bait and one-way links. That's where it's at. You can even have links at social networking sites if you're not spammy and acting like a marketer.

    Sheree
     
    affiliatesheree, Jan 16, 2008 IP