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I mean if you are going to send a link request asking me to link to your site, in exchange for a link from a crappy links directory or other low quality site, why tell Google?
G-mail is easier and faster, therefore, Google is benefited having countless registrants. Each link builder possesses 10 different E-mail addresses.
How can we stop it?
- By stopping Link Building for good?
And when I think about it carefully, I suppose it is obvious, if you are dumb enough to ask me to link to a site in exchange for a link from a poor quality links directory, then its doubtful that you've even given thought to the fact that the link request is coming from a gmail address.
someone if serious about a link request, they will use the form instead of sending spam
The problem is that the knuckleheads sending out these gmail requests and funky three way link exchanges are not serious. Putting a link exchange form, unless you robots.txt away from search engines, are going to result in more link requests because now you're ranking for "suggest a link" + your niche keyword.
Why anyone would let them design the email template and linking strategy is beyond me. Oh wait, I know: It's cost.
The consumer is the one at fault for making judgements based on cost.
Putting a link exchange form, unless you robots.txt away from search engines, are going to result in more link requests because now you're ranking for "suggest a link" + your niche keyword
thats my point! ;)
When you publish a form, you make it easy for reputable folks who aren't playing games to find you and request a link (bypassing unsolicted email or email that is welcomed but likely to be ignored).
Sure you will get junk link requests.. but thats the nature of any link development campaign. Ignore the junk and link up with the quality sites when it benefits your site's end user.
When our clients ask us how to find sites that are interested in quality link exchange, we tell them to find sites that are publishing forms for submitting link exchange requests following the exact scenario you described above.. visit any SE and search "keyword + add link (or suggest link)" and you will find a tresure trove of sites that may be open to link exchange with your site. I say may because many forms are tied to editor based softwares where the end user approves or rejects link exchange requests based on his or her own criteria.
I totally agree that link exchange forms are not 100% foolproof and I totally agree that not all webmasters respond to the data inputted into the forms. Each webmaster is different.
But many softwares that publish these forms provide blacklist features which make it easy to auto reject a link request when the person filling out the form includes a specific blacklisted keyword. Making it easier to deal with requests that you dont want in the first place.
And when a webmaster is publishing a link exchange form, the link exchange request is more likely to be considered than a cold call unsolicted email. Think of link exchange forms as a method to determine which sites *may* be more likely interested in linking up with your site.
