Link Exchange
Link Exchange
Tutorial
It is one thing to create relevant content, it is another thing to become important relevant content in the eyes of the search engines. To help you understand about how links work, we put together this short tutorial:Most search engines consider the amount of incoming links to your website an important factor in determining your overall ranking. If many sites link to you, then the Search engines consider your site to be more important than other competing sites that don't have any incoming links.
Ideally, our content is so interesting and compelling that other webmasters will naturally want to link to it. Natural links are the best kind of links to have. They require no extra effort, are on other sites relevant to our topic and are given freely without requiring a reciprocal link (ie a link in return). It can take a long time to build natural links as good content takes time to prepare, and other webmasters will take time to find our sites and link to them.
A popular way to build incoming links is Link Exchange. Many websites have a "links" page where they place links to other related websites. Reciprocal link building is approaching these webmasters and asking them to place a link to our site in return for us placing a link to them. It's a topic of debate amongst SEO experts as to whether Reciprocal links are as effective as one way incoming links. While many agree that non-reciprocal links are best, it is also clear that reciprocal links (if done correctly) will help with your Page Rank and Search Engine Position.
When choosing sites to exchange links with, there are a few things to keep in mind:
- Incoming links are most valuable on pages that are related to your content.
- Do not link to any site that has been banned by Google (or other Search Engines), or looks like it's spam (which may be banned in the future). If you link to a banned site, this can negatively effect your ranking.
- Links from pages with a high PageRank are more valuable to you than pages with little or no PageRank. You can use the Google Toolbar to check the pagerank of any page on the web. While PageRank is important, it's only a small part of the equation. Keep in mind that PageRank is only updated every 3 months (approx) so the Google Toolbar is not always an accurate reflection of this (especially on new websites).
- The value you get from a link exchange is proportional to the number of links on the page. A link on a page with 100 other links is worth much less than a page with only 5 other links. Ideally, you should aim to get your links on pages with less than 20 other links on them.
- The text in your link and the surrounding text is important. Good link exchanges let you place a short text description next to your link.
- Some webmasters will place a link to you, then remove it a few weeks later. You should check your link every so often to ensure it is still active.
We are interested in exchanging links with other websites that have content similar to ours. Please use the form on the "Add Your Link" tab to begin this process.
Add Your Link
We are looking for well maintained websites to exchange links with. We prefer to exchange links with sites that are similar to ours, but will consider well maintained websites on other topics that meet our Guidelines...We exchange links with the following types of sites...
- On topic or of interest sites
- Sites with links pages that are able to be indexed by the Search Engines
- Sites with link pages of under 100 links on the page
- We prefer links pages with non string url's (like link/consulting.php rather than link.php?catid=1234)
- etc
Important note:
We do automatic checks on your site every so often to ensure that our link is still active and working. We also review each site manually, so it may take a couple of days for your link to appear on the site.
Step 1: Add our link to your website
Link to: http://www.worldwideschoolofenglish.com
Link Title: Worldwide School of English
Link Description: New Zealand english language school in downtown Auckland
You may edit this text so that it fits into your website, so long as the basic message stays intact.
Step 2: Enter your details so we can add your link
(All fields are required)
The content management system used for this site is also used for several other sites including some of the below. If your websites relate to any of the following please contact for a link exchange.
www.heritagehotels.co.nz - NZ Hotels, PR5
www.livedesign.co.nz - Landscape gardening, PR0
www.securepage.co.nz - Secure Server, PR0
www.seoforums.co.nz - NZ SEO Forums, PR0
www.winephotoshop.com - Winemaking photos, PR0
www.siriussports.co.nz - NZ Sports equipment, PR2/5
www.pictures4schools.com - Pictures for School use, PR0
www.cbes.org.nz - Dayskipper & Boatmaster courses, PR5
www.avan.co.nz - Folding campers & caravans, PR2
www.bodsinmotion.co.nz - Auckland Fitness equipment, PR4
www.niceandnatural.co.nz - Muesli Bars, PR3
www.nomamma.net - Language programs in NZ, PR
www.nzseo.com - New Zealand SEO, PR6
www.purewatercorp.co.nz - Clean Water Systems, PR0
www.cometed.com - AJAX Development, PR0
www.tapperandco.com - Fashion Design, PR0
www.rangitoto.school.nz - Auckland high school, PR4
www.robtapper.com - NZ Poetry, PR3
www.nzflowershop.com - NZ Flowers, PR0
www.searchmasters.co.nz - SEO Consultant, PR0
www.sleek.co.nz - Promotional products, PR4
www.frajax.com - Iframe AJAX, PR0
www.ajaxbackbutton.com - AJAX Bookmarks, PR0
www.jojocms.org - New Zealand CMS, PR0
www.gardyneholt.co.nz - Graphic / Web design, PR5