Link Exchange Websites...

I heard that yahoo is targeting againt linkspartner too.
Link swapping isn't all that bad. But try to keep it tightly themed.

 

I've probably already posted this here, but I've been having good luck with www.ipagerank.com

It's new, and the board doesn't have a lot of posts yet, but there's a lot of PM'ing and e-mailing that goes on between members to get linking done. While it's not the grand liking solution, it is a good place to possibly pick up 4 - 5 decent links. After a couple weeks of posting I've acquired (and given) a few very nice (PR4+) links.

It's lacks any automation at this point, so in my opinion it's not very useful for anyone looking for a one stop source for dozens (or hundreds) of high quality links. It can be good for a few links, and isn't a bad stop off for any site owner that's doing a little seo.

 

I built my rep link pages from scratch. I accept who I want, when I want too. I personally email anyone I want to swap with and personalize it, or I keep it short. but never do I try to teach the value of swapping links to a well established site because they already know if they have a links page, and I'm not looking to convert sites into putting one up. I'll let Zeus do that job.

If you make all your link pages from scratch, you can apply each page with its own title and meta content. When I search for things unrelated to my site, I tend to pop up a bit if my link partner has something to do with the intended keyword.

 

john_loch,

I have also struggled with this one! It is incredibly time consuming.

Since I have come to the realization that Backlinks are indeed a neccessary evil, I have set out, reluctantly, to tackle a job I had procrastinated in doing for quite a long time.

This has really been the motivation for me to create a lot of little tools to help save time.

One method I use to find sites to request links from is finding the sites that link to my competitors. It works for them, why not me?

There are plenty of Link Popularity Tools out there but I did not find any that also included Yahoo, so I made one up.
Link Popularity Tool

I look up the links pointing to my competitors. The tool gives links reported by Google, MSN, HotBot, AltaVista, Yahoo, and AllTheWeb. I can just click on the numbers reported by the tool and it takes me right to the search on that particular search engine.

Now I have a tidy list of pages my competitor's link is listed on. I just go to the site and find where I can email for the inclusion of my page as well.

My logic is that, if these links on these sites have done well for my competitors, why not me. My competitors have already done the leg work of finding suitable sites to link with, why not capitalize on this.

Actually, I have made another database driven program that stores all contacts, automatically checks all links, pre-links, sends emails, edits your link page, etc. It pretty much does everything LinkManager does accept it is located on your own website.

I am trying to finish up the documantation on this Link Page Developer Tool then I will become available. (it probably will not be free though)


Caryl

 

Caryl

You are just too good

Thanks very much for that

I have found that most people don't bother to reply even if you offer a link exchange - it's a very time consuming business

 

Yes, there are a lot of no replies. But, we have found a lot of good solid links with this method.

We just started with the #1 site in our category and went through their linking partners, then on to #2...

It was obvious that the sites linking to our competitors were willing to link to sites in our category and already had a linking program established. The link pages we found most always had some info. regarding who to contact regarding linking.

I certainly have been tempted to join one of the link exchange programs but I am leery as I think they make for big targets when Google decides to go hunting!

Thats just me...

 

s8a.com has a few links to trade with

 

I don't reply to most of the link exchange requests I have been getting. Most are comming from those automated systems which I feel are basically link farms. Most of the sites requesting exchanges are not related to them at all. The ones that are related, well, they suck at quality (usually worse than how our site started out in 98 when I was using frontpage express that came with the lame compaq I bought to get started on.)

So I am willing to exchange links and answer e-mails if the site asking has something to offer either related or of some sort of quality.

 

well aren't you a cut above

 

Carly - thats a great tool, interesting you use the linkdomain: command for yahoo (didn't know about that one). I'm very interested in the expanded tool you are developing - I think you may have quite a money maker on your hands there!

McDar - I do the same thing (looking to those who link to top ranking sites) and have picked up some great links that way. Great minds think alike!

 

I really don't respond to the automated requests either. Just about every link I've ever got has been "manual". I probably still have one or two up somewhere from the times I played around with the automated programs.

 

I use arelis to request links, that's "sort of" automated.

however I only ask for on topic links..

 

I have heard of arelis before, what are your reviews of this product? Automated link inlcusions scare me, but there may be something to it.

 

Kinldy let me know if any one can give me PR 6 & 7 links and let me know the pricing structure and all.