Reciprocal links are one of the best ways to drive more targeted traffic to your site and increase your search engine ranking. If done correctly, a reciprocal link campaign should cost you nothing other than a little bit of time and a small portion or your website real estate.
When choosing places to trade links with, do your homework. Linking to random sites, especially link farms otherwise known as free for all links pages, actually hurt your ranking and discredit your website. By carefully ensuring the sites you link to have common theme or interest you will both benefit greatly both in the added traffic and the interested viewers that visit.
When you are scouring the web for places to trade links with, it is a good idea to have
. This Browser and toolbar will allow you to check the sites you are visiting to see their page ranking. I suggest trying to trade links with sites that have as high or higher rank than your site currently has. This will help to boost your own site's rank in the future.
Once you have approached another webmaster and requested a reciprocal link - check back later to ensure your link is still on their site. I suggest making a list of reciprocal links and check on them every 3 - 6 months. If they have removed it (or you cannot find it) simply email the webmaster and explain your dilemma. If they do not respond, or have removed your link, then by all means remove their link from your site and move on to another site to trade links with. The web is large and there are multiple sites to link partner with.
Another good source for adding links are link directories that are targeted to your audience, mainstream, popular, and have good ranking. I have listed some below and will continue to add to this list as time allows. These sites allow you to add your url, sometimes a short description will also be allowed. While some will simply add your link, others will request a reciprocal link in return for their service.
Family Review Center offers a
Family Directory which is very popular amongst our visitors. This lists your company by the category best suited to what you offer. The link never expires and lists your company name, a link to your website, targeted ages for your website or products and a brief description. We charge a small fee for this service, to maintain the integrity of the directory, but this small fee is well worth its weight in gold. If you would like to receive more information on how to be listed in this directory, please
let us know.
We also offer a
Reciprocal Link Exchange. Simply visit this page and add your link, post ours to your site and we will add your link as soon as it is approved. * We only accept links to those sites
which are on target for the categories we offer. *
*BEWARE if the url submission automatically adds your link without an approval process. This is usually the sign of a link farm which as I shared above will offer you more harm than help.
The following offer Free links for Christian Businesses only.
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The following offer free links:
[reciprocal link may be required by some sites]
DirectoryKids.com -
Kids web directory for parents and kids, education, resources and information.
