Percent of Link Requests

How is your conversion rate?

[coosblues]

I realize the answer to this will vary, most likely based on your PR and the PR of sites you are asking for links.

What I would like to know is what percentage of your emails are even answered? Lots of webmasters seem "dead" as far as their sites are concerned.

Those webmasters that are active I'm getting about a 20% conversion - i.e. a mutual link exchange?

Just curious.

[manwah]

i belive if you are sending a personalize email, the response rate can increase. even they don't link to you, they will still tell you why.

Unluckily, i think there are some "template" for requesting links. Every day, i received emails with the same wording and tone. So, I've just ignored them.

[ams_david]

Maybe back in the 90's link requests via email worked.....

But these days, they end up looking like spam, sounding like spam, and just generally being spam.

[sem4u]

1 in 3 for targeted non-reciprocal links.

[chakra]

Manwah...
i must admit, due to english is not my first language, my reciprocal link request is base on the suggestion by mentors here in webmasterworld. So you might find it familiar if you receive my request email.

But I did send the emails one by one and try to address the webmaster him/herself by his/her name.

My conversion rate, .. 20 % so far :-)

[coosblues]

Maybe back in the 90's link requests via email worked.....
But these days, they end up looking like spam, sounding like spam, and just generally being spam

I write a very personal email to each webmaster, not a "canned template", so if that is seen as spam can you suggest other ways to get links?

I don't want a linksmanager type program but would be very interested in how you are gathering your links.

thanks

[ams_david]

I can only report on my personal experience. I havn't received a real, personalized link request since the 90's. I've received many, many link requests that are obvious template jobs, often from outsourced agents.

[menton]

I use a template, but is short and to the point and I think it works well.

If I were to send out 100 emails looking for links, I would be aiming for roughly 100 links back. Not everybody I email will aggree to the links exchange, but very often you will find yourself getting an email back from somebody who owns a number of sites.

This makes up for the lack of replys from some webmasters.

[Tupur]

There are sites where you just have to submit your request for a link using a form. After the submission comes a thank you blah-blah and "you will get a response within 48 hours" which in most cases never happen. :-(

[euripydes]

Personally... about 70%. Just realising now how fortunate that is... but I pick the sites to email VERY carefully.

[ams_david]

This makes up for the lack of replys from some webmasters.

Where have we heard that logic before?

Sure hope the spamm^H^H^H^H^H^Hwebmasters sending those bulk unsolicted emails are CANSPAM compliant.