Reciprocal Links

Pat Jackson · 06-15-2009, 10:38 AM

In your experiences, are these types of links worth your time?

I know ideally you want to get one way links, but would high pr reciprocal links from sites within your niche be worth the time it would take to obtain them?

Mickm · 06-15-2009, 10:47 AM

I'd say yes.

Google looks closely at who you link to and more importantly, why you link to them.

paulgl · 06-15-2009, 11:55 AM

Reciprocal links can be good, but maybe they have outlived
their usefulness. There are so many other ways out their
to build back links, that reciprocal links can take a lot of
time for little return. It used to be normal to have a 'friends'
page or something to trade links. Most people want that link
on the front page, but what do you do when it gets filled up
with a clutter of links? And why would you want someone to
go to a competitor? And if they were not a competitor, what
need is the info on their site for your visitors? I get a lot of
emails, as I am sure you do to, that ask for links. They just
go in the trash. With forums, blogs, social sites, etc., you
can get quite a mess of links in the time it may take to even
get one reciprocal link. Now if someone wants to write an
article for me to add to my site and put their link in, that's
a different story or something similar. But I'll bet most people
shy away from reciprocal linking today. We don't want to
add links to our sites or we don't want the clutter.

That's my only my take. Obviously if you get some quality
links by trading, it could indeed be worth your while.

Paul

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06-15-2009, 10:38 AM	#1
Pat Jackson Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,385 Thanks: 650 Thanked 191 Times in 129 Posts	Reciprocal Links In your experiences, are these types of links worth your time? I know ideally you want to get one way links, but would high pr reciprocal links from sites within your niche be worth the time it would take to obtain them?

06-15-2009, 10:47 AM	#2
Mickm SEO Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 262 Thanks: 14 Thanked 52 Times in 42 Posts	Re: Reciprocal Links I'd say yes. Google looks closely at who you link to and more importantly, why you link to them.
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06-15-2009, 11:55 AM	#3
paulgl Plundering the Web War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 4,412 Thanks: 668 Thanked 1,002 Times in 775 Posts	Re: Reciprocal Links Reciprocal links can be good, but maybe they have outlived their usefulness. There are so many other ways out their to build back links, that reciprocal links can take a lot of time for little return. It used to be normal to have a 'friends' page or something to trade links. Most people want that link on the front page, but what do you do when it gets filled up with a clutter of links? And why would you want someone to go to a competitor? And if they were not a competitor, what need is the info on their site for your visitors? I get a lot of emails, as I am sure you do to, that ask for links. They just go in the trash. With forums, blogs, social sites, etc., you can get quite a mess of links in the time it may take to even get one reciprocal link. Now if someone wants to write an article for me to add to my site and put their link in, that's a different story or something similar. But I'll bet most people shy away from reciprocal linking today. We don't want to add links to our sites or we don't want the clutter. That's my only my take. Obviously if you get some quality links by trading, it could indeed be worth your while. Paul .
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