Is there a difference in the effectiveness of a link (in terms of improving your search engine rankings) that is reciprocated to one which is not. In other words, if someone adds my link to their site but I don't add their's to mine, will my ranking improve more than if I reciprocated their link?

Thanks - Kristin

Non reciprocal links are more effective. Excessive reciprocal linking might trigger the idea of some kind of linking scheme.

Non reciprocal links are more effective

As long as they are:

1. sitting on pages that have been indexed
2. not wrapped with no follow
3. not wrapped in tracking code or
4. are not being redirected to affiliate sites
5. preferably sitting on pages with Page Rank showing
6. are housed on sites using same/similiar/close to content as your own
7. not sitting on pages in the supplemental results
8. not sitting on pages with a bazillion other links on them
9. use the anchor text you provide and
10. point to an optimized URL so you see maximum benefit for the keyword anchors you've provided.


:)

One way Link will help in ranking your site.

Is there a difference in the effectiveness of a link (in terms of improving your search engine rankings) that is reciprocated to one which is not. In other words, if someone adds my link to their site but I don't add their's to mine, will my ranking improve more than if I reciprocated their link?

Thanks - Kristin
If you can able to do this type of linking then it will definetly help your site for ranking.

I'm linking to yahoo groups that are related to my business but I haven't yet seen any increased traffic to my site. My business targets a popular market-fitness. I'm looking to the most popular groups although I AM adding links to whatever groups allow them. Does anyone have a rough estimate as to how soon after adding links one would see a rise in traffic? I'm also trying to figure out how to link to vertical portals but I'm wary of contacting a competitor.

I'm linking to yahoo groups that are related to my business but I haven't yet seen any increased traffic to my site. My business targets a popular market-fitness. I'm looking to the most popular groups although I AM adding links to whatever groups allow them. Does anyone have a rough estimate as to how soon after adding links one would see a rise in traffic? I'm also trying to figure out how to link to vertical portals but I'm wary of contacting a competitor.

According to me traffics depend on the quality of links not on numbers of links you have.

Reciprocal link is part of the link building strategies of SEO. Exchanging link is depends on your agreement but before you add link to your site you need to evaluate it. It is effective if your site added to a related link. It is better to use a one way links.

Reciprocal link is part of the link building strategies of SEO. Exchanging link is depends on your agreement but before you add link to your site you need to evaluate it. It is effective if your site added to a related link. It is better to use a one way links.


Thank you. I'm adding one way links ie I'm adding my site in the links section of other sites. So the links will point back to me. I don't think I'm allowed to mention my site's url in this forum so I won't do that. What's important to me is to find sites that are of high quality (not porn or spam) to which I can add the link of my site. I've also joined Google adsense and an affiliate program. Personally I think I'll be more successful in getting visitors to my site with adsense than the affiliates I have on my site. I need traffic, as does every other business website, so I'm constantly looking for ways to increase it.

Is there a difference in the effectiveness of a link (in terms of improving your search engine rankings) that is reciprocated to one which is not. In other words, if someone adds my link to their site but I don't add their's to mine, will my ranking improve more than if I reciprocated their link?

Thanks - Kristin

It is effective to add a traffic to your site.. and in reciprocal links.. some site advice to add their link to your site and some are not. when you wish to add your link in their site they require you to add their link in your site unless when you didn't do that they don't add your link to them but some site offer to add your link for free and that's a one way link that can also improve the traffic in your site.

But I think that one way links are important than reciprocal.
Isn't it?

Yes. One-way links are much valued by Search Engines than two-way/reciprocal links.

Link Popularity in general is adding quality links to a website. Adding links would greatly help in two main things, first, it helps in the increase of traffic to your site and next it increases the Page Rank. If the Page Rank increases, automatically your site will get a good position in the search engines. The links can be added in two ways
Reciprocal Links Campaign
One Way Links Campaign
Link popularity is the representation of total number of web pages which link to an individual web page or a website. Link popularity can also be said as a measure of the quality and quantity of other web sites that are linking to a specific site on the World Wide Web.Link popularity is considered to be important because it is a key factor used by search engines which determines a website's position obtained during search results. In general a website having many inbound links will be placed at a higher rank than a similar site having fewer links. Some of the search engines would require at least one or more links linking to a website for indexing, otherwise the site is not indexed.The philosophy behind link popularity is that important and quality websites will attract many links to its site. Generally Content-poor sites will have the difficulty of obtaining any links. An inbound link coming from a major directory is of more weightage than an inbound link from a vague personal home page. So, link popularity depends on the quality of incoming links and not by the number of links in a website.

Yes. One-way links are much valued by Search Engines than two-way/reciprocal links.


Why are one way links better?

I add my link to yahoo groups, that should count toward inbound links. I yet to see them showing up when I check w/ linkpopularity. How much value do the search engines place on yahoo groups?

I have not checked but I would think Yahoo Groups uses "no fol" so that link will not have an impact.

Recips even if Google was not downplaying them involves an exchange of PR - inbound one way links doi not.

There are many forums where posting messages can get you benefit of 1-way links.

However, it is important to understand that links should be considered as votes for the website and higher the number of votes you have, higher your chances to win. Ofcourse, quality of source and many other things matters.

There are many forums where posting messages can get you benefit of 1-way links.

However, it is important to understand that links should be considered as votes for the website and higher the number of votes you have, higher your chances to win. Ofcourse, quality of source and many other things matters.

unfortunately like directories and link sellers - the forum link has been down played

What about automatic reciprocal link generators? I interpret that as software that automatically produces links to other sites from your site. But isn't that going to hurt your link popularity in the long run? Isn't it akin to spamming webmasters to link to your site even if they're not relevant links?

Don't buy links as they will not count and link farms will get you de-indexed.

Link request software is spam.... strategic link purchases are hard to deny but you should look at them as a form of advertising on the site where the link is... get some traffic from the link that converts and the link juice it may pass is the bonus

What about automatic reciprocal link generators? I interpret that as software that automatically produces links to other sites from your site. But isn't that going to hurt your link popularity in the long run? Isn't it akin to spamming webmasters to link to your site even if they're not relevant links?

Don't try any software for submissions it is prohibited by google.

Quality Link Building has proven effect on major search engines, it shows your presence on the online world.

Many established websites with groups, blogs and forums use rel="no follow" to the outgoing/outbound links minimizing flow of PR.

Try to get sufficient quality links from relevant sites and free directories, also check for their PageRank and IP adress on which they are hosted.

all the best...

Thanks for the advice. I'm building my inbound links the right way. I asked about link generators because I've read about them and always thought they were dangerous. It appears that other people feel the same way.

Why do google only update PR every so many months?
Why not sooner and more often?
Do no follow links mean for absolutely certain they are not counted?
Mine are counted on yahoo and google and recorded. Maybe they dont pass on PR but they are followed.
Why do google and yahoo differ so much in links recorded?
I have 3 times as many on yahoo at about 200. I have only given out about 3 in total. Links help if they bring the spiders daily.
I saw a chart that says 18 PR 7-8 links makes your site PR7-8.
I have that so does that mean I will be at least PR7-8 next time?
One PR 10 link makes you PR9.
I asked George Bush at the White house for a link but he said no!! His loss.
One last question, is every page of a site the same PR when passing on a link?
To sum up, I think you should just get loads of links of all kinds all over the world.
Nathan Sturley

Hi,
I think one way link is much better than reciprocal links.Above all a good quality link is needed for a site.

Will a high ranking site receive any sort of 'penalty' (i.e. become less authoritative) by externally linking to a much lower ranked site? I understand that page rank on a newer site can be improved by linking to trusted sites, but will that one way link from high rank to low rank have any negative effects for the original site?

for me i will rather to have one way link..

Will a high ranking site receive any sort of 'penalty' (i.e. become less authoritative) by externally linking to a much lower ranked site? I understand that page rank on a newer site can be improved by linking to trusted sites, but will that one way link from high rank to low rank have any negative effects for the original site?

it could if the engines see the linked spot as a "bad Neighborhood" - but very rarely would it impact a major authority

Quality Link Building has proven effect on major search engines, it shows your presence on the online world.

Many established websites with groups, blogs and forums use rel="no follow" to the outgoing/outbound links minimizing flow of PR.

Try to get sufficient quality links from relevant sites and free directories, also check for their PageRank and IP adress on which they are hosted.


Why do I need to check IP adress?

You are right, buying links will harm your site. Adding links that is not related to your site is link farm

One thing to be aware of if you buy high quality links, be sure it is a direct link and not via 3rd party redirect ad server.

it could if the engines see the linked spot as a "bad Neighborhood" - but very rarely would it impact a major authority

Thats good news. What about if the links from the high ranking site were embedded in iFrames or Javascript? Would they work as a relationship affirming link? I'm assuming no but hoping to be surprised. The links would be best if embedded in the text right?

IFrame stuff is tricky... if the link is direct it will be there regardless of iframe... in content text links are best right now

IFrame stuff is tricky... if the link is direct it will be there regardless of iframe... in content text links are best right now
But what is your views about the text links in blogs posting?
Doest it works for link building?

But what is your views about the text links in blogs posting?
Doest it works for link building?

Sure so long as there is not any no follow defaulted in the blog

I have found recip links work fine. They increase your link popularity even if they are 2-way and move you up the engines. You get some on-topic-ness if you are for example in Car Repair and you are listed in a link directory entitle 'automotive'.

One way links are of course better but much harder to come by.

But the most powerful link is a one-way on-topic link. They are hard to acheive but give great link popularity. I found a website that had 8 on-topic one way links in Google and was on the 1st page of google as example.

Why are one way links better?

Because it serves as a reputation of your site (for the search engines) that it is valuable, useful or interesting that other sites are pointing/linking to your site..