Crazy_Fool - 4:44 pm on Mar 11, 2002 (gmt 0)

i'm looking at getting inbound links to produce traffic - i'm not that fussy where visitors come from, just so long as they come.

being careful with linking for the sake of not damaging search engine ranking implies, IMO, that the webmaster is only linking for ranking purposes, not to provide or receive traffic through the links. i seem to remember something about "natural link structures" being what the search engines like us to have - what is "natural" about all inbound links being from PR6+ sites and not having any from sites with PR<6?

with some sites, i am now swapping links with almost any reasonable site that is prepared to mutually swap. i'm ignoring the link farms as they are at best, worthless. i'm not looking for links to be "on topic" or to or from "relevant" sites.

so far, no adverse effects, similar SERPS (minor increases here and there), similar traffic levels from search engines, and small increase from clickthroughs from elsewhere.

so, does anyone else have any opinions on what is and is not a "natural" link structure?