My linking manual: 1) If the client's website seizes immediate attention of a cynic like me, then it can enthral other people too. Hence proceed to 2). Nothing unique there in the site then go to 5) 2) This is non-SEO but recommended: Do a research on the top-ranking competitors of what they offer. Suggest the client how he has to surpass them in terms of features, information and tools et al. Do not pressurize the client, just suggest. For instance, if he's site is loaded with info but gated (subscription-based) ask him to free the content. 3) Look for places where we can ask people to make a mention of the client's website and linking too. A short and polite mail should be sent manually. Do not use bulk mail software. Directory submissions like DMOZ (free ones) done meanwhile. Then if the client can afford go for paid submissions like Yahoo. 4) If the client site offers nothing extraordinary but just plain selling, go for link exchange and directory submissions. I hope this helps.
I do directories submission, check competition backlinks and try to put inbound links there where competition have. I ask for webmasters who writes blogs to put some text about my website and to put link. And also I do the link exchange !
Alot of people do link exchanges. I find that I get about 10 or 20 emails a day from people asking about link exchanges. Unfortunately I just delete these emails as I do not do link exchanges on most of my sites and don't even want to do them.
I really don't understand why people are so down on link exchanges. I only exchange links with related sites and I receive actual traffic from these exchanges. And, this traffic is very targeted since they are coming from a site with relevant content. As long as you stick with quality sites that are actively promoting their business and they are related to your business, I think there is a real benefit. It is not too much different then paying to advertise a banner on a relevant site to gain traffic. Just don't accept links from any site and make sure you are not on a page with a hundred links and link exchanges can be a positive thing. I also make sure the website has a links or resources page before I send the request.
I also have done well with link exchanges for some of my sites, although I prefer the automated solutions like LV and CoOp since I don't have much free time to email and add links manually.
I don't get down. How I see it is that I have a links page on 2 of my sites that also has a submission form. So if people submit their sites to it then I am happy to exchange links as this only takes me a few seconds to quickly check the site and then press the approve button. When I get an email, I have to them manually stop what I am doing and then type all of their information into my submission form plus choose a category and some other information and then press the approve button which will take me around 3 - 5 minutes. If I had to do this everytime then I wouldn't get no other work done. As I said I don't mind exchanging links, infact I like it but I don't do any through email requests. I use to, but I don't do anymore as I just haven't got the time on my hands. Also, I get alot of requests for link exchanges on sites that I am not doing any link exchanges with.
We see them everyday in our in box."I would like to link to your site". I suggest you choose your links and create your links pages with as much care as you would your homepage. Go to the web site requesting to link with you. Using the Google toolbar check for the following: 1. Has the homepage been indexed by Google? 2. When were they last indexed? 3. Is the link page where they placed your web site hyperlink been indexed by Google? 4. How many links are on the links page? Less than 100 or over 100? 5. Are the links relevant to your business or are they mixed? 6. Finally - Pretending for a moment that search engines do not exist. Now ask yourself, 'Is this a useful place or resource for a web site visitor'. Too many link pages are built for search engines and not human visitors. The new Google update detects this. This probably will not get your web site banned, but it certainly won't help your rankings. I'm not trying to tell you how to run your link campaign, but I am very careful not to link to a page built for search engines versus a page built for humans. In light of this update and feedback from other SEO pros I have lightened my link load, added heavy descriptions for each link and removed links not (closely related) to my business. When time permits I may even add thumbnails of my link partner web sites. I want my links page to be a resource for users not spider food for search engines. ~ Rick (visionefx.net)
Keep trying every 30 days. You might also request a listing to a different area. The human editor for the section yu are requesting a listing may not be as quick to list you for (what ever reason). It's a human-edited directory, so be patient.
I couldn't have said it better myself. If you take a look at my links page, you will see I basically follow the same process.
I have heard you shouldn't submit more than once. Is that true? I submitted my site about a year ago and it hasn't been added. Should I try submitting again?
if they didn't add you, why don't you try again? You are not going to loss anything since you are being rejected in the first place
I agree. It's like asking an extremely hot girl for her phone number! If she turns you down you've lost nothing