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I use link1, link2 like file names and anchor text for my link pages. Similar example from some other sites are "links of interest", "useful links", "link resource" etc, It looks little cheap, as when I request for link exchange from respectable webmasters it will create a bad impression I have seen other big site do not use these types of terminology in their link pages. How do i do that?
Personally I think you should spend your time building up new content and links should come naturally. You could help things along my submitting your content as articles to web directories and they will link to you.
To change filenames, keep in mind that even with 301 redirection the "new" pages won't show TBPR for a while, and whether or not PR enters into the picture is immaterial, the fact is that other webmasters might still look at it and use it as one of the factors in deciding whether or not to do the link.
There's nothing wrong with links to other sites being presented as links to other sites, it's plain enough to anyone what they are, including site visitors. Changing the link anchors is probably less of a hassle than changing URLs - and using anchors relevant to the type of sites that are on page1, page2, etc. is more intuitive than links1 and links2 and probably more useful to any visitors who might have interest in looking at them.
If so called respectable websites do not have them, as you assert, then what do they have that you do not which allows them to prosper without link pages?
There's nothing wrong with links to other sites being presented as links to other sites, it's plain enough to anyone what they are, including site visitors
Aside for the purpose of trying to manipulate search engines, does anyone actually create link pages?
As martinibuster said in the above quote the link pages have direct impression that person is trying to do trick with search engines nothing else, can't we make it look little different so that it may be seen more as for visitor referral purpose.
It won't bother other webmasters who do recips, and let's face it - in moderation and done prudently and as only a percentage of total IBLs and OBLs, they can be of help with rankings.
The most important people who we need to be honest with and who shouldn't be tricked are ourselves, and not be fooling ourselves about why we're doing link pages.
Aside for the purpose of trying to manipulate search engines, does anyone actually create link pages?
I recently had occasion to do some research in a topic area that is full of passionate hobbyists, occasional scholarly commentary and very little commercialization.
Some of those folks create extensive link lists purely for love of the topic, and I spent several pleasant hours following link trails and learning new things.
Yes, real people do indeed create link pages for reasons other than SEO.
They don't worry about what the pages are called, they don't worry about anchor text, many of the pages are really amateurish in design. The one factor that is absolutely, totally perfect is laser-focused relevance.
Turn the lesser links into proper resources that help, after all, isn't that what links are at the basic level. Links are links, and the link pages only have a bad rep, because folks con each other out of decent rankings and traffic by deep placement. Think about it, who is the cause behind this web mess - we are! - in the race to get ahead, folks cheat and use deceptive tactics to gain advantage, only to be punished by the engines.
Then they complain about low rankings and not enough links, bad placement and unfair link swaps etc. So why not use the masses of link page links, and design a better site. Good idea.....
Yes, real people do indeed create link pages for reasons other than SEO.
Right. Coincidentally, the other night I heard a jazz recording on the car radio and researched the singer on the net. He was a jazz vocalist and he had a link page full of links to other jazz sites. It was a motherload of links to cool music. None of it reciprocal, just a list of sites this guy likes. I bought a limited edition CD available only from his site, and will be back to mine his awesome list of jazz sites for the purpose of discovering more cool music.
However I don't normally come across these kinds of link pages and I suspect they are rarer than the garden variety SEO link pages.
