Absolutely right! It's like re-writing all books by hand without using printing press or computers... Modern link exchange software gives an opportunity to gather QUALITY relevant links, to generate pages which fully match your website and cannot be distinguished by Google from those made manually (I don't mean all those server scripts like linkmachine, linksmanages, etc), etc... These tools really help to SAVE TIME As for those tools... I use Mac - so I don't have wide choice and use LinkAssistant (link-assistant.com). This is the only possible tool for Mac users as far as I know (or may be there exist some other tools?)
The same happened when I signed up with linkexchanged.com - huge amount of untargeted requests. By the way, can anyone recommend a good program for *plain html* websites?
Personally I prefer to use a script that simply puts a list of the top refers on my websites. If a site wants to link exchange all they have to do is send traffic. The main reason for me to use this system is that if you have several sites, link exchanges are quite time consuming, when put on top of all the other maintenance stuff you need to do.
Bullshit! That fully depends on your goals... If your goal is to use purely white-hat techniques, then you may sit and wait for years when your site gets promoted (frankly speaking, I don't believe that you could even live so long )... At the beggining of website promotion almost ANY webmaster uses grey methods, because they want to promote their websites and earn money - but not to write "you are stupid, 'cause you are using the grey-hat technique" in various forums... I do use link exchange, I do use tools for link exchange, and it WORKS PERFECTLY for all my sites and SAVES me a lot of TIME... The main reason, I suppose, is just because I use my brain in addition to those tools and get traffic since the very first week of my any new site (unlike those geeks who track any link manually and are happy with thier one new visitor per month) What is so bad about so-called "referrer spam"? It gives you wrong statistics, you say? Then use your BRAIN! Just filter these sites out (as I already suggested, use proper tools - don't search through your logs manually ) - and enjoy real statistics and high PR... See? You don't have to choose between real statistics and high PageRank... (if you use your brain, of course) P.S. I don't mention the fact that "It uses resources (bandwitch, disk space, CPU cycles, etc...) of the "victim" web site." - the most naive bullshit I've ever heard. People who count CPU cycles when optimizing their websites make me LOL.
Extremely creative approach - to shout "spam" at every post... Any arguments, Mr. Spencer? Besides, please take a look at the title of this thread - it's "Software for Managing Links", not "How to reduce the amount of spam in Mr. Spencer's mailbox"
Why should I take the time to argue with 3 and 4 post wonders who are spamming the forum with thinly-disguised ads for their spam software?
I'm terribly sorry - I didn't thought that those SuperPowerUsers who started writing at this forum a year ago can just say that they are so good SEOs just because they are so good forum posters... Poor are those who consider themselves Gurus Well, Mr. Spencer, I suppose it's enough to flame here... Sorry if you think that I was doing something bad here - I just intended to help... Sorry, Mr. Spencer, suppose it's time to stop for both of us - users won't win from our debate anyway
If you just happen to love the software your promoting and are not anyway affiliated with it then your posts may be more legit. However I, like Will, have been in forums for a long time and seeing a post like your earlier post just throws up a flag that you are spamming the forum trying to promote something of yours.
Uh, I just wanted to share my opinion... I found a new tool which I like and which was not mentioned here, so I decided to share my thoughts with all of you. I'm not affiliated with this tool and I'm a not a newbie at forums and know such methods of promotion... The only thing I wanted to tell Will is that it doesn't matter which tool to use - Arelis, Weblinks, LinkAssistant, LinkManager or whatever else - it can make no harm to you and it can be really helpful if you use a tool + your brain. I don't like people who come to a thread entitled "Software for Managing Links" and say "I have never tried to use such software, that is why I'd also recommend you not to use it"... Just let people decide themselves... Somebody is interested in using such tools, so just give them enough information - they'll make up their minds... People are mostly clever creatures, aren't they?
Cool, welcome to the forum. Use whatever helps you manage links. I just prefer to use good ol' excel and create my own spread sheets for tracking my links.
Hi, I just wanted to correct a couple of things said about LinkMachine in this thread. I'm partial to LinkMachine (having written it) so I'll stick to facts and won't say anything promotional. 1) mream, you had asked how LinkMachine can send all your e-mails at once rather than one at a time. The link exchange requests can be sent all at once by clicking "Send All Link Exchange Requests" in the control panel. Other types can be sent automatically according to the "Automation Settings" you enter. 2) seoBear, you had included LinkMachine in a list of programs that use server-side scripts for their link directory pages, rather than generating html pages that look hand-made to Google. In fact LinkMachine generates html link directory pages that look handmade and are completely customizable.
After using most every program out there both local and server based I have found that LinkMachine wins hands down. Some of its tools for other SEO purposes are basically worthless, but for the ease of use both for newbies and experts is great. The nice thing is that as you learn the business of Linking, this software grows with you. Its importing and exporting functions are fantastic, though a little clumbsy in the beginning. Sorry, but I have to say more. It has what I have found to be one of the most powerful spiders on the market. If it can't find your backlink on a specific page on a site, it will automatically search the site for that link until which time it finds it, or does the max number of which you have set it to stop spidering at. I'm not aware of any other system on the market that will do that, plus update that backlink information. I have used this software on over 60 sites for myself and others, there is nothing out there that compares to it from what I have found to date. One other note on LinkMachine: It allows you to automatically link to other members that have that feature turned on in their installation, but only after you hand select each and every site you want. Then, in most cases the admins of those sites have to approve your link request before it is accepted. There are many more features .... No I don't sell this software, though I should. I only wish I could by the rights for distribution, but they are not open to selling them. Arelis is great too, but there is a real learning curve with Arelis and it's not the most fastest software on the planet. I would say that if you are not going to run a large number of sites (10 or less), it will do what you want it to for sure. It is highly configurable and is not detectable by the engines if you hand build your template with the variables and tools they have available. Especially if you incorporate some random.....? BTW: Thanks Michael, for the great software and all your support. You deserve to be making a fortune. Your response time in customer support has suffered since over a year ago, but still is good for this dynamic market.