I have a new site. It's a free online RSS reader . I have not much money to spend on advertising but have small network of sites with 5000 unqiue visitors daily. Here's my plan , look for #1 or #2 video listing in youtube.com for terms "rss reader" and then offer the owner of the video to do link exchange . I will link to his site from my sites and he will put a note on the bottom part of his video mentioning my site to viewers. This note will be on his video throughout the duration of his video. Questions are . Is this legit?. Will Google/Youtube ban both of my and his sites and/or his video.? I put a lot of efforts on my site and don't want to get banned. Comments please. Thx
this might be a non-starter from an SEO perspective for a variety of reasons, but it'll be a good way to build relationships. google or youtube wont ban you, dont worry about that.
I think link exchanges are a normal part of the web (after all it's just a bunch of interlinking websites) and from what you describe they will all be related niches so I don't see a problem with that logic. Actually sounds like a good plan, best of luck.