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this is the system i've developed.
i use an access database to hold the details, its got a basic table to hold the potential link details and as i'm a total catagory freak i like to catagorize each site i'm considering in as many ways as i can - subject area, profit/non-profit, size, importance etc. as well as a couple of fields for notes - i've found good notes essential for keeping track of what happening as a good link can take a bit of negotiating.
as i run iis on my local machine i have a few asp local pages to insert the data into the db, this is very handy as i can just have an extra browser window open for the data entry - works well for me. also i can view potential links by the different catagories should i want to and when i'm reviewing them before sending out email requests.
i'll usually set aside time each day or week for seeking out sites that my be potential link partners.
generally i'll drill down the search listings for the keywords i'm interested in/researching - i use alltheweb, google and teoma. and lately i don't use the google toolbar to save confusing the issue.
if a site i visit seems suitable i enter the details into the db, another day i'll go through these sites checking their backlinks looking for more prospects and trying to spot any patterns and subtle networks.
simple stuff but i spent the first couple of years with a combination of saving some sites to the favourites folder and scribling down url's of others - no wonder i didn't have great success as i didn't have a coherent campaign.
I considered a DB but everything in front of you seemed to keep it simple, and the tabs make it a nice way to separate sites to work on together such as directories, sites found in DMOZ, etc.
The only other major time saver I "discovered" was assigning text to hotkeys for the email subject, different body text for different sites, etc. Just search on a shareware site for "hot key."
Kevin
Keeping track of link partners
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