DISQUS

Link Building · 10 months ago

I'm surprised to see so many people still going after link exchanges these days. First, they dont work the way they did before and second, they are a pain to manage. Not to mention insane amount of time it takes to participate in link exchanges. There are plenty of way to build one way links so there is no reason for anyone going after exchanges anymore

ravm · 6 months ago

I agree, link exchanges are not really in my arsenal of advanced link building strategies. And they certainly don't have the kind of value they once had.

pkenjora · 10 months ago

Link exchange is a bit like search, lots of people attempted it before someone got it right. Past link exchange schemes have been just that, schemes. BlogRush was a great example of a scheme, it missed the point of link exchange. The focus of link exchange must be the benefit to the user not the SEO aspect.

Maybe link exchange should be called interest exchange, the goal is to provide users with relevant content that enhance their web surfing experience. If a link exchange service captures the reader's desire to read more about a topic, then it works.

That is the philosophy behind Arkayne, we realized that interest means relevance which is derived from content, not popularity. By focusing Arkayne links around what the articles are talking about the readers interests are served. All else follows...

Kite board · 9 months ago

I am the one that would say, Link exchange is not a that bad of a thing, Link exchange with higher ranked website or blog would certainly get you a lot of web presence!

pkenjora · 9 months ago

Would you take it a step further and say that link exchange with relevant web pages or blog posts certainly would get you web presence? Page rank is not as important as once believed...

If you're a blogger and you want to increase your daily visits by 300 a day, how much time do you need to put in on link exchange? Answer: The time it takes to install a relevance based widget, 1.3 minutes.

If something like Arkayne links all your blog posts with 1,000 pages (conservative) and each page generates on average 10 clicks a month to your site (conservative), then you just got a boost of 333 clicks a day ongoing.

Add the reduced bounce rate from the relevant cross pollination of your own articles and the 1.3 minutes it takes to install the widget paid for itself big time.

How much time would it take the average blogger to get that traffic by focusing purely on Page Rank methodology?

Kite board · 9 months ago

Certainly Paul!

renci · 9 months ago

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Jag XJR · 9 months ago

I kind of disagree with some of the comments but I guess we all have our won opinions. Link exchange should not be completely dismissed, but when done at a minimal can be a good source of traffic.

India Dating · 8 months ago

they are a pain to manage. Not to mention insane amount of time it takes to participate in link exchanges.........

internet marketing ideas · 8 months ago

well some people do earn money for link exchange thats the way it goes some business chose to be advertised worldwide via internet they must pay the right price for it...that's how social media marketing is being hired

Seo Company · 8 months ago

Very Nice Article

Link Building Service · 6 months ago

I have done a lot of link exchanges, and it didn't work for me at all.

Paul · 6 months ago

What was your strategy? I find that people get frustrated with the results given the amount of time they had to put in on link building. Can you give more details on your approach and why you abandoned it, did something else work better?

Seo Company Submitqueen · 6 months ago

Link exchanges still work good if done 3 way and with proper care of ip location in mind and using a proper strategy to help gain backlinks.

Sell Text Links · 6 months ago

Link exchange is a tricky one. Maybe it is better to buy and sell links?

pkenjora · 5 months ago

Absolutely positively do not recommend buying and selling links. One Google will ban you for good reason. Two its not worth it.

Again the idea behind links isn't to simply have them, its to engage the reader and give options for more information. Hence the success of Digg and Stumble Upon. These sites do what the rest of us have forgotten. Its not just about page rank, its about providing users with valuable content they are interested in.

If more site linked out fewer people would rely on Digg and other aggregation sites.

Sourish · 5 months ago

Wow NIce post

IlbertWardell · 1 week ago

Link exchange can be a solution in these troubled times. But because page rank is like a water that flows, you would have to have two sites, one that you want to promote and not build links on it, and a second as a place to put the links from the links exchange program. I've done link exchange, I'm now looking into a network affiliates program that I heard great things about.