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BUT.. what do you say to get sites to link to you? I have sent maybe 5 emails and had no replies so Iv'e given up discouraged.
If we are Pr 4 and want to link to a say Pr 5 site will it harm the Pr5 sites rank and if some one at PR 2 wants to link to us (and visa versa) should we do it?
I don't want to get in any link exchange things or pay for links though.
Thankyou
Dont get concerned if people dont respond. Most wont. Just move on and send another 5 or 50 or whatever each and every day. If you have content people will link to it.
Link to content based sites, not what their PR says. It means nothing. Look at the page you are linking to on merit. If it has dodgy rediects etc then dont bother. Link to what is useful to your visitors and you will win with the engines.
Good luck.
In the e-mails say something you like about their website. This usually goes down well and shows that you have looked at other pages than just the links page.
I thought you had to lo link with a pr greter than or equal to yours?
Thanks
No. Link to content. It wont harm you. If you link to them try to include anchor text in your link that also appears on the page you are linking to.
Just link to good relavent pages, forget PR. It means nothing. Take for example recently, TBPR has been screwy so what are you supposed to do, not link to anyone?
NO :) Link to decent content.
BUT.. what do you say to get sites to link to you? I have sent maybe 5 emails and had no replies so Iv'e given up discouraged.
5? Last time I personally did a serious link building campaign I spent as many days on it as that.
As for "what do you say" I try to give them a benefit for linking. Preferably financial if it is a commercial site (like affiliate rewards) or perceived if it does not have ecommerce ability. Such as "I sell (say) fishing licences online, you sell fishing rods. Put a link to my site and I will put your web address on the fishing licence"
5 emails is not enough. Not even for the smallest of sites.
Even 5 links wouldn't be enough.
Sorry if this is a stupid question but could,you clarify what anchor text is as these definitions get confusing..
Also I don't plan on getting any higher than 10-15% response rates. That helps you keep from getting discouranged.
I try to get 50 good links a month, with my ultimate goal being 1000 good incoming links. So, at a 15% response rate, I'm going to need to send out at least 300 emails a month.... which works out to about 10 every day. That's very doable.
In the e-mails say something you like about their website. This usually goes down well and shows that you have looked at other pages than just the links page.
Very very true.
The most important thing of course is to give them something they want to link to (good content). Get that right and it's very easy.
There was a thread about this sometime ago that had some good advice in it. A search may reveal it.
TJ
