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I'd like to ask if the majority of my backlinks are recipical links, will it be not good?
The links will be from topic related websites. I know natural links are always the best. But its always easier to do link exchange. If search engine sees my links are all recipical, does it hurt?
I like that comment about 1/3, 1/3, 1/3, that makes alot of sense.
Mixing it up in moderation is the best policy for sure.
I'm seeing reciprocal links as worthless right now. All value is in one-way linkage.
This is very hard to measure. My results are from a brand new site than I engineered a very large number of one-way links to. No links back.
It out performs other sites I own that have been around for years with a mix of reciprocal links and one-way links organically produced over time.
It may be a short-term "fresh" experience, too early to say. Right now it is good......give me six months and I'll be able to tell you if it goes stale!
If search engine sees my links are all recipical, does it hurt?
I think it is like poker. It just depends on what the competition has. Reciprocal links from link pages are like having an Ace high. You might rank for non competitive keywords if the other sites for your keywords don't have any better links, but for anything competitive you probably are going to need lots of one way links these days.
My sites that do the best in Google are the ones that have good content and just get lots of unsolicited, one way links.
My sites that do the best in Google are the ones that have good content and just get lots of unsolicited, one way links.
OK, chicken and the egg question here. How can you expect to get organic one-way links because of your great content if no one can find your site yet? Seems to me you need the traffic to get the 'honest' one-way links. What do you guys do to get one-ways other than buying them or submitting to tons of directories? Talking about new sites here, not ones already getting a steady flow of traffic.
How can you expect to get organic one-way links because of your great content if no one can find your site yet?
That's a great question.
It's like Matt always says, tell other webmasters about your site, let people know it's there.
Or to paraphrase the Matrix movie, "There is no chicken. There is no egg."
That's a great question.It's like Matt always says, tell other webmasters about your site, let people know it's there.
Or to paraphrase the Matrix movie, "There is no chicken. There is no egg."
that's complete BS. "tell other webmasters about your site". other webmasters are stingy about who they give links to, and most don't care enough to add your link to their site. (like 99%)
it's not going to get you 1-way links, lol. I think the only way you're going to get a lot of 1-way links for a NEW site, is by trying to crack deals with other webmasters to get them.
I rarely do reciprocals. I haven't done a reciprocal link in months. Virtually every link I attain is a quality one way.
And believe me, getting a professor to give a commercial page a link can be like pulling teeth, as they're loathe to throw a link to a commercial page- especially when AdSense is showing irrelevant ads for an ethnic dating service, lol.
When someone objects to the commercial content I always write back and ask them to please judge the page by the quality of the content, and that usually works.
That won't work if you have less than useful content, or if your niche is overly commercial.
