Explain one way links please

Hello,

Could someone explain a little more about the one way linking? Are you saying that I need to have a site link to me without me linking to them?

And if that is so, how would I get those links? It seems pretty obvious that higher ranking sites don't want to be bothered with someone just starting out and trying to make the ranks. So, how is a person suppose to move up? And how much credit would be given by linking to other new sites that hasn't made it up there in rank either.

I don't want a page full of links if it's not going to help me. Thanks for the help.

Newbie here, be brutal but nice.

noelves

 

One way links are better then reciprocal links, yes. It depends whether your site has something unique to offer. If it does, then related sites will link to you because they are genuinely interested in your product / service, its just a case of asking. A good place to start though is directory submissions - have a look under the buy/sell section here, you can get your site submitted to 100+ directories for... i think the going rate is about $10 now.

Also article writing and press releases are a good way to get 1 way links. Write an article/get someone to write it for you. There are many good writers here (Serenity + lrrupert are a couple). Do a search on here for article submission sites. Spend a few hours submitting your article (which should include links) to these sites. You will get 1 way links from the sites you submit too, but also from any other sites that like, and decide to use your article(s). If you hd something newsworthy to write about, submitting a press release to PRweb.com is a good idea. Again, many threads about that here.

One final suggestion is the coop dnetwork (see my signature). Although it is an 'advertising network' is still provides you with one way links.

Do all/most of the above and you will have made a very good start. Of course, if you have money you can buy 1 way related links from authority sites in your field, or submit to the Yahoo directory (although whether it is worth $300 is debatable). Oh, and submit to DMOZ.org. Ifyou do happen to get included (can take months or years) you will get a few links from that as many other sites use DMOZ feeds.

Hope that helps and isn't too baffling!

edit: Reciprocal links are still worth doing, maybe not as effective as 1 way links but still effective. Visit all of your competitors sites and see if they have a 'submit link' page, or do link:http://yourcompetitor.com in yahoo to see who is linking to them and try to get the same people linking to you. Its all a lot of work but it will be worth it when you see your rankings improve, it may take a few weeks/months even to notice a difference but there will be a difference if you manage to acquire/trade a lot of links.

 

No. That seems to be a popular myth which has resurfaced repeatedly in the past couple of years. I have never seen any evidence whatsoever to support the claim and I doubt that I will, for a nmuber of reasons.

No. They are not.

 

So all this talk about goolge hurt sites with recips is only lip service? Where do these things get started from?

 

They usually emerge when Google is doing a significant update and people are speculating as to what is changing. In this case, the myth goes back at least to a major update in 2003, possibly earlier.

 

you don't agree that one-way links are more valuable than reciprocal links? why not? just curious to hear your opinion...

 

Because either way it's a link to your page. Google and the other SEs really don't give a damn if it's a one-way link, a reciprocal link, or a moebius loop.

I think there may be a case to be made for link relevance and there probably are links from certain types of pages/sites that may be given less weight (e.g., maybe broad category directories or pages with very large numbers of outgoing links - and please note that I said "maybe" - I'm not claiming anything like certainty here). But I do not see any evidence whatsoever that Google objects to links simply because they are reciprocal or gives any more weight to links that are not reciprocal.

 

Thanks all, for the explainations and the advice.

I'll kick it around and see what happens.

noelves