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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Reciprocal Links

One of the most important things that you can do to build an effective web site is have other web sites link to it. Reciprocal links are an easy and effective strategy to building traffic. Here are some tips on building reciprocal links.

In order to get a high page rank in a search engine such as Google, you need to have other web sites linking to yours. Google calculates how important your web page is by determining the quantity and quality of the links that you receive. There are two different types of links, reciprocal links and one way links. Reciprocal links is when you link to a web site and that web site also links back to you. This is the most popular type of linking. Many people can get great traffic by participating in a link exchange. A link exchange is a group of people that exchange links with one another.

The other type of linking is called one way linking. This is when one web site links to your site; however you do not have a link back. Google actually prefers this type of linking over reciprocal linking. However it is very difficult to get a one way link. There are two major strategies for a one way link. One is to pay for a link on another high ranking page the other is to give away something of value that includes your link.

Buying links on successful sites can be an expensive proposition. It can cost up to $100 a month or more to put just your link on a high ranked site. One of the best solutions is to give something of value away that includes your link. Articles are very popular because many people need web content. They are inexpensive to produce and can be effective at drawing one way links to your site.

Remember in today’s competitive internet environment, if you would like a successful web site, it is important to have a high page rank.