How to get around not using a Links page on a corporate site

[Bowdii]

The talk around here is that a page called links would look unprofessional on our site and I totally agree. I want to start a recipical links program for our website, but do not know how to get around not using a typical Links page.

We do have a customer page where I am acquiring links from and to all of them, but that is just part of my plan. Any ideas?

Thanks for any help!

[jamie]

hi bowdii,

something we have recently started is a little box at the bottom of each page entitled "Related Sites"

in this box we include links to (surprise, surprise) related sites. we don't include more than 2 or 3 links per page.

* it looks professional from a user point of view.
* it avoids a traditional links page
* it gives credit to us as a site, by linking from our content pages to other related sites.
* it is a real selling point to the link partners when asking to exchange links - they get extremely relevant placement and are not lost on a page with 100 other links.

of course it depends a bit on your type of site, but it works for us.