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They have not indulged in link exchange.
Lately, I also noticed that Google removed their sites. (that could be also due to the Florida Update) but somehow I do have an impression that in the long run, posting blogs is not a good idea. And pursuing an effective link strategy is a safer bet. The only problem is managing so many sites and links.
What is the risk of having your link partners remove your links and your sites still link to them. Do outbound links make a difference for google optimization?
Is there any software out there that can actually check how many of your link partners are still linking to you and the ones who have removed your link.
The question still remains. Link Exchange or Posting blogs?
Guys, I need some advise please. :)
Thanks in Advance
Blogs - forget it. Florida sorted that - or at least tried to - as it did for pure recip-link boosted sites. Many think themeing has shown its hand for the first time with this update, so disabuse yourself of the 'a link's a link' idea. Blogs may well work if you're creative with link text - I wouldn't know - but systematic identical link blog spamming is futile, if not worse.
Outbounds do also seem to help this time round, some would say overly so, to the point that G is giving higher ranking to sites that link to the money sites, as opposed to the money sites themselves.
If you cant' write the content yourself, pay someone else to using the money you've saved by not chasing pointless links. Identify authority sites for your area and attempt to court and cultivate them.
HTH, Mat
Anyway, there are many tools to check for sites linking to your site or others. Marketleap has a good one. For Google you only have to enter link:www.your_url.com and search. It shows you the important (PR 4+) links.
