Reciprocal Links
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alanrhone
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Reciprocal Links
I am interested in exchanging links with anyone overseas or in the UK (Not based in Cumbria - where I am). Preferably quality accommodation with a minimum Google Ranking of 3. My own website has a Google Ranking of 4.
By the way, if you are not sure why you would want links from other sites, I wrote something on this in another thread which you can see here:
viewtopic.php?t=100
viewtopic.php?t=100
Paolo
Lay My Hat
Lay My Hat
Google PageRank unimportant
Hi Alan
As a small suggestion, I'd remove the Google PR stipulation from your deal. Google's PageRank is not being regularly updated (the last one was October, before that it was July) so it's no longer a measure of importance. PageRank also has virtually no effect on rankings - keyword relevance is more important for inbound links.
Doing links on the basis of PR is also against Google's terms: http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html
As a small suggestion, I'd remove the Google PR stipulation from your deal. Google's PageRank is not being regularly updated (the last one was October, before that it was July) so it's no longer a measure of importance. PageRank also has virtually no effect on rankings - keyword relevance is more important for inbound links.
Doing links on the basis of PR is also against Google's terms: http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html
RichDon't participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank
Richard Speigal, Editor, España Breaks
Alan,
I am not sure you will get many takers either. Bear in mind that the average rental owner is not an expert on this internet thing (or "the internets" as one of the presidential candidates called it in the debates).
Judging by emails I get, I think that for most owners even using this forum is too daunting a prospect. So site linking will not appeal to many.
But you never know, give it time...
I am not sure you will get many takers either. Bear in mind that the average rental owner is not an expert on this internet thing (or "the internets" as one of the presidential candidates called it in the debates).
Judging by emails I get, I think that for most owners even using this forum is too daunting a prospect. So site linking will not appeal to many.
But you never know, give it time...
Paolo
Lay My Hat
Lay My Hat
Check this site for link exchanges...
Hi Alan
There's an active forum with a link exchange section at http://www.webproworld.com/
These guys will probably be a better audience.
Cheers,
Richard
There's an active forum with a link exchange section at http://www.webproworld.com/
These guys will probably be a better audience.
Cheers,
Richard
Richard Speigal, Editor, España Breaks
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alanrhone
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Hi Richard,
I am indebted to you again . Webproworld looks a most interesting website. I have already registered and will explore the site when I have more time over the next day or so. Am pleased to advise Paolo and yourself that I have agreed a link through this forum with Villa Mamette. One question intrigues me - is a link in a different language just as effective or, should the link abroad be in English??
Kind regards,
Alan
I am indebted to you again . Webproworld looks a most interesting website. I have already registered and will explore the site when I have more time over the next day or so. Am pleased to advise Paolo and yourself that I have agreed a link through this forum with Villa Mamette. One question intrigues me - is a link in a different language just as effective or, should the link abroad be in English??
Kind regards,
Alan
Alan,
My understanding of this is that it doesn't matter which language a linking site is in per se. However, your inbound link will be worth most to you if the site it comes from shares your most important keywords/phrases, and if some of those words appear in the text of the link. So if a French site is linking to you, those conditions won't be satisfied and it will not be a particularly beneficial link.
But I think Richard is much more clued up on this than I am.
By the way, you can get some relevant links to your site right here - just add your site's url to your signature, which you can amend by going to your 'Profile'. Each of your posts will link to your site.
My understanding of this is that it doesn't matter which language a linking site is in per se. However, your inbound link will be worth most to you if the site it comes from shares your most important keywords/phrases, and if some of those words appear in the text of the link. So if a French site is linking to you, those conditions won't be satisfied and it will not be a particularly beneficial link.
But I think Richard is much more clued up on this than I am.
By the way, you can get some relevant links to your site right here - just add your site's url to your signature, which you can amend by going to your 'Profile'. Each of your posts will link to your site.
Paolo
Lay My Hat
Lay My Hat
Relevance is most important factor
Paolo is spot on: the most important point is that inbound links contain some or all of your target keywords and/or come from pages that share your subject matter e.g. a link to your French villa site from another French villa site is great. Equally it could be from a site with information on the local area. Language is largely unimportant if the words are similar.
When you do deals, try to keep the approach as personal as possible. That way other webmasters are more likely to put you in places which really mean something (rather than burying your name on a "links page" with another 20,000 listings!)
10 decent exchanges with sites on topic will be worth far more than 500 links from viagra sellers and online casinos. Link exchanges are about quality rather than quantity.
The rule of thumb is: if it works for visitors, it will work for the engines.
BTW Before delving into the forum I mentioned, check out the articles at http://www.highrankings.com/ - excellent advice.
When you do deals, try to keep the approach as personal as possible. That way other webmasters are more likely to put you in places which really mean something (rather than burying your name on a "links page" with another 20,000 listings!)
10 decent exchanges with sites on topic will be worth far more than 500 links from viagra sellers and online casinos. Link exchanges are about quality rather than quantity.
The rule of thumb is: if it works for visitors, it will work for the engines.
BTW Before delving into the forum I mentioned, check out the articles at http://www.highrankings.com/ - excellent advice.
Richard Speigal, Editor, España Breaks
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Stephen
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The Link Club
Has anyone used the link club !! is it worth joining, powow.com/thelinkclub/
Stephen
Stephen
Hi I would be happy to exchange links as well. If anyone is interested in listing my site please can you email me and I will return the favour.
Many thanks www.villahanorah.co.uk
Many thanks www.villahanorah.co.uk
Always Learning
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ThaiCharles
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Reciprocals: you add mine, I'll add yours
To Alan and others,
I have added a reciprocal link page to my Villa rental site for my Thailand property, with a twist.
If you add a link to my site Gecko Villa geckovilla.com my site will then automatically link to yours in return once you have filled out the form at
pansea.com/gecko/linkman/form.html
Please feel free to use this to increase our sites' rankings!
I have added a reciprocal link page to my Villa rental site for my Thailand property, with a twist.
If you add a link to my site Gecko Villa geckovilla.com my site will then automatically link to yours in return once you have filled out the form at
pansea.com/gecko/linkman/form.html
Please feel free to use this to increase our sites' rankings!
Sorry 
I joined the forum much later than this thread but I was thinking of a similar idea and figured I should post it here instead of starting a new thread. I will also head to the suggested site and see what it has to offer.
My idea was to gather links and descriptions from other interested Vacation Rental Owners from this forum and create a links repository with descriptions and relevant links. The page would be a simple page with links and descriptions. Anyone who wants to exchange links with the "group" could just put in a request and be added to the list. This list would be available and distributed to the group members to post add to their links page. It would be up to you to choose which sites you remove from the list.
I am doing a very poor job of explaining it
but the purpose would be to streamline the link exchange process. Other non-competing vacation rental sites are a perfect use of a links page I think so no matter ikf this idea makes any sense I would like to exchange links with interested parties.
I agree about the PR idea. Google is doing wierd things now to protect their intellectual property I think. For instance LayMyHat has 169 links in Google and over 10k in Yahoo. Even only using relevant links this is odd.
PS Paolo :: It looks like you have the phpBB CSS style for search result terms set to white. So, when you do a search through the forums your returned string is set as white on the results and it looks quite funny when you browse through the topics it returns. Took a while to figure out what was going on with all the gaps and wierd sentences. Try a search and see what I mean.
I joined the forum much later than this thread but I was thinking of a similar idea and figured I should post it here instead of starting a new thread. I will also head to the suggested site and see what it has to offer.My idea was to gather links and descriptions from other interested Vacation Rental Owners from this forum and create a links repository with descriptions and relevant links. The page would be a simple page with links and descriptions. Anyone who wants to exchange links with the "group" could just put in a request and be added to the list. This list would be available and distributed to the group members to post add to their links page. It would be up to you to choose which sites you remove from the list.
I am doing a very poor job of explaining it
but the purpose would be to streamline the link exchange process. Other non-competing vacation rental sites are a perfect use of a links page I think so no matter ikf this idea makes any sense I would like to exchange links with interested parties.I agree about the PR idea. Google is doing wierd things now to protect their intellectual property I think. For instance LayMyHat has 169 links in Google and over 10k in Yahoo. Even only using relevant links this is odd.
PS Paolo :: It looks like you have the phpBB CSS style for search result terms set to white. So, when you do a search through the forums your returned string is set as white on the results and it looks quite funny when you browse through the topics it returns. Took a while to figure out what was going on with all the gaps and wierd sentences. Try a search and see what I mean.