No doubt that there are so many myths about link exchange. May be this post will do some good for Link exchanger and webmasters. Hope to get good stuff in this thread about links and their importance in near future also.
So after 2 years NO ONE has linked to the original source? Come on guys - let's do a proper citation. Here's the link - someone else can make it "live." Dirk Johnson: the Truth About Linking, LED-Digest.com #1811 www.led-digest.com/content/view/1220/55/ I'm a long-time lurker here - just had to sign up to do this for Adam.
thanks to provide the real link to the source. The main thing is that one should understand and follow the things Dirk wants to share.
Informative and things have changed. I know of one competitor that went out and bought a thousand links, went to the number one spot on MSN and some others for a couple of months or so, but appears to be totally ignored with 0 links according to every other major search engine now, except msn that still has him as number 1. The guy got a momentary boost and heavily penalised too I guess. So, I guess you can buy links for your competitors and possibly drive them out of business now. Getting links is very fiercely competitive. But if you don't jump on the bandwagon you get left behind. The classic one way link, from my experience, is where you engage in a reciprocal link exchange only to find out they removed your link from their site or they use an underhand form technique to stop search engines from finding the link pages - I just deleted about 30 links to this other business that I'm thinking of and refused to exchange another 70+ with him. But so many link to his many sites without realising they are being taken for a link ride. My 2 cents for dec 2006
I've actually talked to Dirk Johnson on the phone and he is a very generous and helpful guy. He offered to add my websites to his link campaigns with his clients. I get tons of emails from him with one-way links and I usually link back so we both benefit. Anyways, just thought I'd share my experiences with Dirk.
Hi catfish, well I never took calculus, so I guess you're a lot smarter than me. However, the PageRank of any particular page is based on the links coming INTO that page, NOT the links leaving that page. Let's keep the facts straight. Bompa
Maybe he's talking about your spare tire. LOL. jk Hi Bob, I remember about 5 or 6 years ago, I found your PageRank calculation chart. I was so fascinated with PR at that time, that I downloaded your chart and fiddled with it for weeks. I even wrote articles about PR and emailed you asking for permission to put your chart on my site and you allowed it. Well, I don't have that site anymore, but I just wanted to ramble a bit. For the last few years I have moved to the more darker arts. have a nice day, Bompa