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Holiday Wales If you have been reading some of the internet forums, the last Google update certainly caused quite a stir, and it has left a lot of people asking the question "Is reciprocal linking Dead?".

Reciprocal Linking as a Effective Marketing Tool Reciprocal linking is the art of getting other websites to link to yours. A major benefit of a reciprocal linking campaign is an improvement in your search engine ranking. As more and more websites link to your website, your link popularity improves. When your link popularity improves, your rankings in many search engines will also improve. Reciprocal linking is largely an "I'll scratch your back if you'll scratch mine" activity. mail asking them to link to you. In true quid pro quo fashion, you generally offer to link back to them.

Cottage Holiday In Wales This latest Google update affected a lot of websites that depended on their reciprocal linking strategy to rank high in Google.

Caravan Holiday In Wales If a webmaster wanted to outrank a competing site, They would work out how many links they needed from different websites with a certain PR rating and then commence a reciprocal linking campaign to out rank their competitors.

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Camping Holiday Wales This strategy was certainly sound and was very effective. But most webmasters would swap links with anybody and everybody, so long as the site had a Google page rank (the higher the better).

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Accommodation Holiday Wales Each link swapped was a step toward ranking higher in the search engines and beating out their competitors.

Holiday Last Minute Wales This strategy may have worked in the past when Google was not as smart, but it appears Google has wised up to this strategy. So, it is not surprising that as Google and the other search engines get more sophisticated that the effectiveness of reciprocal linking has diminished as an important factor for ranking well in seach engines.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Which brings us back to the question "Is reciprocal linking dead?"

Holiday Wales Walking Instead of asking yourself if reciprocal linking is dead, you should really ask yourself what outcome do you want to achieve with your reciprocal linking strategy.

Family Holiday Wales If reciprocal linking is your only strategy to rank high in the search engines, then you should re-think your strategy because reciprocal linking is not quite dead, but it has taken a big hit.

Holiday Riding Wales I have not stopped my reciprocal linking strategies because I am aiming for the following outcomes:

Adventure Holiday Wales 1. To drive traffic to my site from other relevant websites.
2. To add value to my visitors by offering them links to websites that they may be interested in.
3. If I rank higher in the search engines, then this is a bonus.

Holiday Park South Wales Before swapping a link with another site I am always mindful that if a visitor sees a link on my site, they correctly assume that I have recommended this website to them, and, if the site I send them to is not relevant or very good, then I loose credibility and a possible return visitor.

Cottage Holiday Wales Whenever I am going to swap links with another site I always ask myself the following questions:

Holiday In Wales 1. What is the other site about and does it compliment my website?
2. Will my visitors find this site useful to them?
3. What is the quality of the content of the website?

Holiday Wales If I think my visitors will find this site useful I then look at the site from the webmasters point of view and ask myself the following questions.

Cottage Holiday In Wales 1. How will their visitors find my link? If a visitor cannot find my link then how am I going to get any traffic.
2. Is there a link on their home page (preferably on all their pages) to their links directory?
3. Where is my link going to be placed? Is it more than two clicks away from the home page?
4. Does the website have a sitemap and is the links page included in the site map?

Caravan Holiday In Wales If, and only if the website passes the above criteria will I proceed with a link exchange.

Camping Holiday Wales A reciprocal Linking strategy may not be as effective to rank high in the search engines, but it still is an important part of getting targetted traffic to your website if done correctly.

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Holiday Last Minute Wales Bernie Wiemers has been working in the information technology industry for the past 19 years and has been on the internet since it was available in Australia.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Bernie runs the website http://www.money-site-builder.com which is devoted to teaching you how you can make money online.
Bernie Wiemers has been working in the information technology industry for the past 19 years and has been on the internet since it was available in Australia.

Holiday Wales Walking Bernie runs the website http://www.money-site-builder.com which is devoted to teaching you how you can make money online.

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