Link Exchange Script or Form

Know any good ones?

[WolfLover]

I am looking for some link exchange forms that I can place on my site and help automate the process a little more. This way, people can put in their link submissions and I can manually choose whether or not to link to them.

Any script or form you know of that is fairly easy to implement and also works efficiently?

[MChamps]

::thumbsdown:: to automated linking.

Steer clear of automated linking practices. In my experience, various search engines have been noted to discredit and blacklist sites that participate in automated linking strategies.

Remember - quality & quanity & relevance, when it comes to link building. Create unique content on your site that people will be intrested in. That way you will get some quality inbound links without having to request any. Be creative! Essentially, one-way links, not reciprocal links (a.k.a. link exchanges) are the most desirable.

[thgyspsy]

Google + Reciprocal links = Bad

[MrStitch]

I'd have to disagree... just a little.

I wouldn't say that ALL recips are bad. Just don't partner with anyone that is using those automated systems, and want to link with everyone on the net, including your mother.

(reminds me... need to clean up my linking areas)

Take my site for instance - I have a few link pages that are themed within the realm of my field, but each has it's own category. And the file names, page titles, etc.; all fit together. Now, when I do a recip link, I physically create the content thats tagged with the link. I actually take time at that persons website, and gather various points of information and create a unique colorful, yet personalized description. (spell check some of that)

Why go through all the bother?
I'm testing a theory based on Googles 'unique' blah blah blah content garbage that they've been feeding us this whole time. After that last PR update, i got a PR of 5 on each of those pages.(HALT! I know... don't bother with pr....). Tho thats not a solid indication of value, it DOES infact tell me that google did hold some value to that page; where other sites' link pages are PR0 and/or not cached by google.

If in fact there is value to those pages in the eyes of the all mighty G,... then there is value that going to the one and only important link on the page - "Home"

[edited by: MrStitch at 6:37 pm (utc) on July 21, 2006]

[CainIV]

Bah reciprocal links are not bad in Google perse. The days of link farms and hundreds of requests are.

I can show you plenty of examples where higher competition websites I work for are ranking first page in Google for competitive keywords on recips alone.

The keys come with a few things

- don't raise red flags, critique each and every single site you partner with, obtain only the best link from website that provide great info for your visitors.

For each partner you obtain, add a new article. consider linking from articles on your website to other sites instead of from the tradition links.html page.