One-Way vs. Link Exchanges

[Killah]

Hello everybody.

I was wondering how extrem the difference between a one-way link to your website is compared to a link exchange. I'm currently only buying/creating one-way links to my site from other authority sites. Now I'm wthinking about adding a seperate links page where 10 or 20 links to external websites will be placed. Currently i have not a single external link to other websites and the rankings are pretty good. I'm just a bit concerned that this link page will decrease my G rankings. Anybody got experience about this?

[hunderdown]

Google now seems to like relevant external links, so you might actually improve your ranking with judicious use of them.

[europeforvisitors]

Why not link to other sites in context, instead of sticking the links on a "links page"?

If Google does give any kind of credit for external links, common sense would suggest that there would be more credit for relevant in-context links than for links on a ghetto page.

[SuddenlySara]

A one way link to you is always better.

A better way to do link exchanges is exchange links on a subject page by page theme rather than a seperate links exchange directory.

Although keep in mind that the top 3 SE's are loving oneway incoming links to your site from any type of site ;-)

[SuddenlySara]

That's funny and right-on! As EFV said, "common sense would suggest that there would be more credit for relevant in-context links than for links on a ghetto page."