Monday 4 July 2011

How to Exchange Links the Right Way

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If you know a little bit about search engine optimization, then hopefully you know how valuable backlinks are to this process. The are many kinds of backlinks with some being more valuable than others, but suffice to say those originating from niche relevant sites will do you very well.

If you want to add diversity to your backlinks, then do consider link exchanges with other sites in your niche. The following article explains how link exchange is done the right way.

Reputation is important for all online businesses, especially smaller ones, and therefore you have to avoid linking to the wrong sites. You have to be calculated in your approach so that every link that you exchange is to a worthy site. The best quality comes, we feel, with those sites you find on your own and then contact. This will ensure that you don't get involved with any website that will affect your search engine ranking negatively. Complete Your Website First: The instant your site is going live, it's not hard to become energized about it and start requesting link exchanges from other webmasters. On the other hand, prior to sending out the request, you want to be confident that your site is totally perfect. Bloggers and webmasters have no desire to collaborate with sites that aren't very qualified. You will be presenting a bad image for your potential link exchange associates if you have some really important pages that are either empty or under construction. When you get ready to send out a request, you want to be certain that your website is all set and that you have experimented with it well ahead of time, so that it doesn't look like it's missing something.

Categorize Your Link Partners: Exchanging links from an array of bloggers and webmasters can go wrong if you don't sort out the link partners on your site. Being organized is really important, because it not only sets a positive impression on your readers, it also adds better navigation to your site. You can make your links better organized if you get a dedicated page for every category. More often than not, if you send a link exchange request and the webmaster takes a look at your website only to see that you have a rather large and disorganized page with links, then they will deny your exchange request.

Contrary to the popular belief, link exchange can be a good thing, if done right. You can make the decision that it will work for you because you are going to make it work.

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