Comments on: 10 tips for effective reciprocal linking http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/ Search Engine Optimisation SEO Blog - Website Design Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:43:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris Boswell http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-4567 Chris Boswell Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:15:38 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-4567 I did see something on http://seoblackhat.com/ the other week about taking competitors down by pointing volumes of bad links at them. Even if this does work, for this to have any impact on your own SERPS you'd surely have to take a lot competition down. My understanding is though that at least Google makes the assumption that websites have no control over one way inbounds and therefore wouldn't penalise. Not sure how exactly how it handles this scenario for reciprocals, but I gather from the above that it might not be very good news. I did see something on http://seoblackhat.com/ the other week about taking competitors down by pointing volumes of bad links at them. Even if this does work, for this to have any impact on your own SERPS you’d surely have to take a lot competition down. My understanding is though that at least Google makes the assumption that websites have no control over one way inbounds and therefore wouldn’t penalise. Not sure how exactly how it handles this scenario for reciprocals, but I gather from the above that it might not be very good news.

]]> By: Gary http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-3510 Gary Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:04:17 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-3510 Hi Vincent, it would not have a negative impact, so you have nothing to worry about there. Only outbound links to such sites can have a negative inpact. Hi Vincent, it would not have a negative impact, so you have nothing to worry about there. Only outbound links to such sites can have a negative inpact.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-3509 Vincent Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:17:59 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-3509 Does link comming from a bad reputation website have a negative impact on my website? If yes, this is not good, as there is no way of controlling it. What happen if competitiors just post my links on bad reputation website? Does link comming from a bad reputation website have a negative impact on my website?
If yes, this is not good, as there is no way of controlling it. What happen if competitiors just post my links on bad reputation website?

]]> By: SEO Carly http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-3506 SEO Carly Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:32:23 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-3506 Another couple of tips is, check the cache of the page. Visible Pagerank means less when it hasn't been updated since April, i've seen alot of "webmasters" selling/exchanging links with a visible PageRank however the page isn't cached because the domain was dropped etc. I've also seen people cloaking link pages, so it shows the links to visitors but not to Google bot and passes no weight to you in return. With cache you will see what Google see's. Another is to invest in a reciprocal link checker to ensure they are still reciprocating the link and run it once a week or so. It saves going through 20 odd pages manually checking if your links are still intact. Good list Gary Another couple of tips is, check the cache of the page. Visible Pagerank means less when it hasn’t been updated since April, i’ve seen alot of “webmasters” selling/exchanging links with a visible PageRank however the page isn’t cached because the domain was dropped etc.

I’ve also seen people cloaking link pages, so it shows the links to visitors but not to Google bot and passes no weight to you in return. With cache you will see what Google see’s.

Another is to invest in a reciprocal link checker to ensure they are still reciprocating the link and run it once a week or so. It saves going through 20 odd pages manually checking if your links are still intact.

Good list Gary

]]> By: Marc Levy http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-3503 Marc Levy Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:02:54 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/reciprocal-linking/#comment-3503 Reciprocal links are clearly the weakest form, but as mentioned, if two sites are similarly themed then it cannot be bad. The more links you have the better and I am a firm believer that if two sites have exactly the same level of content, on-site optimisation and in-bound one way links, those extra reciprocals can make all the difference! Always remember a bad reciprocal link far outweighs a good one... so be careful. Reciprocal links are clearly the weakest form, but as mentioned, if two sites are similarly themed then it cannot be bad. The more links you have the better and I am a firm believer that if two sites have exactly the same level of content, on-site optimisation and in-bound one way links, those extra reciprocals can make all the difference!

Always remember a bad reciprocal link far outweighs a good one… so be careful.

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