hello to all, Hope u can share your ideas... In doing link exchanged, what is your basis for a Good Quality Site? does the page rank? does the content of the site? cheers,
When I do a link exchange I look at the alexa ranking, keyword density of the site, overall quality of site, and PageRank + yahoo backlinks.
I usually check, PR, Alexa and backlinks as well as if I like the content and it if looks relevant to my site.
there is one firefox extention i guess some seoquacke or something, it shows most of pr and other useful links in toolbar etc i look at the overall score given by it
I focus mostly on PR and the overall quality of the site. One of the most important things is where they plan to place our link on their site. I avoid any links pages that have too many links per page, unrelated links all listed on the same page, link pages that are too many clicks into a website, hard to find link pages, etc. If there is anything spammy on the website, avoid exchanging links with them. Also avoid shady niches like pharmacy, gambling, porn, etc. Link exchange benefits are gradually dying off though. It may be better to focus on other strategies such as articles, forum signatures, blog commenting, etc.
I noticed a couple of people cite using Alexa as a quality indicator. Why? Unless the site is in the top 100,000 ... it is pretty much useless for any reliable data. Yes, and no. There is nothing wrong with link exchanges, if done in moderation. The use of automated software to accumulate the links is not a good idea. I have seen some well ranked hand edited link pages that do well, for not only links, but as valuable resources for a website.
I consider a quality link, one that has good pr and one that has relevant content, Also it is good if the link page gets a lot of traffic so you can get some traffic from it
Relativeness of the website you are linking is the first thing you need to consider... Next will be the PR of the website. Content of the website has nothing to do withe link exchange process.
I look to see where the site is ranked in google for it's own keywords. If it ranks well in google then I'm fairly sure the link to my site will pass some serious link juice.
Good Quality - Relevant to your site, unique content, quality content, traffic, backlinks, how well it is being promoted, sometimes PR as well