What is a reciprocal link links?
Before the beginning of the general discussion let's characterize a reciprocal link and consider the mistakes concerning them. A reciprocal link is a text or banner link to a site that has a parallel link to your site.
A reciprocal link is an engagement. It means that the site to which there is a link from your site sees that it is rather important to link to, and you in your turn see that this site is rather important that you wish the visitors to leave your site through this link. A reciprocal link implies confidence. Some webmasters spend their time to continually observe the sites that have link back to them, so you trust the other site to keep the link on their site, and not conceal it under other information or delete it when upgrading the site. It is very disappointing when your links page is in order.
A reciprocal link isn't a quick method to bring more intensive traffic. There are sites which have more than 100 banners and text links on one page. Think about how much traffic the sites, listed on this page, got from those links. Linked sites mostly propose the same: a mixture of links and graphics put together roughly, many of them broken or outdated, not useful for the relevant sites.
Important notes
Your site's pages must have relevant inbound links for additional traffic flow. One of the best way to get relevant inbound links corresponding your site's content is to exchange links with directories containing categories that are relevant your sites content and put counters that show your site's URL in top sites ranking, which also correspond your site's content. For instance, you can add your site in UptimeBot Friends directory here: http://www.uptimebot.com/friends.php. You can add a counter to get one or more relevant links at http://www.top100categories.com.
Posted by Melody at March 25, 2005 11:46 AM