I am changing link managing programs and the new program has assigned different page names. I am in the process of moving all the links to the new program. I decided to add the new program page link to my home page, and left the old one there also, so links would be shown while I was manually moving them. I am removing the links from the old program as I add them to the new program so they will not be duplicate content. The category list is pretty much the same. 1) When I am done moving links do I just delete all the old links pages and will this likely affect my web site to remove that many pages? 2) If possible would it be best after I am done moving links to the new program to change the name of the directory page to that of the old links directory so the page rank transfers or to hope the new one which has a better page name gets page rank quickly? Thanks, Carol
No, No not a farm program, I mean software to manage your link exchanges. A web site requests a link exchange and you can manually review them before adding to your pages or you can set it up to automatically add them and set up for "no admit" for certain keywords. I was using LinksManager and now am using AutoLinksPro. It checks to make sure they have your link on their page and then lets you know.
You might find that you'll lose a few of your reciprocated links by doing so. If your link partners are unable to find their reciprocal link and the page where their link was posted is no longer found they might get the impression that you've dumped their link and remove the link back to your site. As the toolbar PR display is updated at best on a quarterly basis, it may take some time before the new pages display any toolbar PR. Some of your link partners may get the wrong impression if they see their link on a PR0 page. It's not a bad idea to do a permanent redirect from the old url to the new if you should decide to change page names. It may take an update or two before the new pages display PR depending on when they get indexed.
Don't use link exchange progams. Your better off just waiting. In time your site will build reputation. Sorry, but that' the only real way to get ranked up. It might take a year or two but the wait is worth it in the end. NOTE: Good content = visitors and the rest is yours!
Select a good script and install it [if your server supports] and have proper relavent categories in it, for time being you can have static pages with older file names which can minimize loosing BL/Reciprocal links. Regards
A good script for managing the links? I have not successfully been able to use a script yet and I'm not sure if it is me, (most likely) or that my host GoDaddy doesn't support them. (although my SIL who is a computer person tried one for me and he couldn't get it to work either.) When I try to read the information at the host site it looks like they support it to me. I am very frustrated with the link managing program I changed to as it is not as good a program as it was advertised and it is taking me forever to transfer links. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing on the search engines. I take out a page from the old as I finish it in the new. But I am really questioning whether it will be worth it to loose page rank and think I may just use the old page names and keep the links on static pages like I had originally before trying to use any managing programs. At one point I had a 5 page rank for my main links page when I was not using any programs, but it was so time comsuming to try and keep up with link exchange requests. I appreciate all the help I have gotten here. Thanks! Carol
If you delete your old link pages, lots of people (like me) use simple recip programs that don't actually spider the whole site, so if you change the urls you will get flagged for not recipricating, The best way would be to just create 2 link excahnge sections, and just link to the old one from a site map or something