Posted on November 18, 2010 by in Terms
Reciprocal links can help you in two ways
Reciprocal links are arranged when two web sites agree to link to each other.
Reciprocal links are also known as “link swaps”, “link exchanges” and “link partners”.
A common misspelling is “reciprical links”.
Reciprocal links help you in two ways:
1. They increase your web site traffic, from people who click on the links.
2. Reciprocal links also play a major role in boosting your rankings in search engines.
NOTE: Late in 2005, Google’s Matt Cutts made it clear that it’s possible to “overdo” reciprocal links. Getting good, solid, reciprocal links should be part of your links strategy, not your total marketing strategy.
When ranking sites, the major search engines take into account the number and quality of the sites that link to you.
Persuading good quality, relevant sites to link to you can be tedious, time-consuming and frustrating. Here are some tips to increase your chances of success.
One way to find link partners is to do searches in major search engines such as Google and Yahoo! to find sites which complement yours but are not direct competitors.
Many sites also link to direct competitors, figuring that the benefits outweigh any disadvantages.
Examine their links pages
A refinement of this strategy is to visit your competitors’ sites and complementary sites and examine their links pages or resources pages.
The sites you’ll find there are potential reciprocal links partners. They should be linking to you.
Now visit THEIR links pages and examine them, and so on down the chain.
You should end up with a long list of good sites with which to exchange links.