Comments on: Reciprocal Links http://xebidy.com/reciprocal-links/ Queenstown Web Design for the Social Web Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:30:13 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://xebidy.com/reciprocal-links/comment-page-1/#comment-5224 Andrew Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:07:41 +0000 http://xebidy.com/?p=189#comment-5224 1. Are these reciprocal links? Definitely. The most common type are Links Page --> Homepage between two sites. 2. Google and link swapping. It's not that Google does not like link swapping - they actually encourage it (between 'on theme' sites). It's really that you won't gain much in terms of SEO from doing it. 3. Outbound links. These can in fact hurt your site if done wrong. Too many from one page and it could start to enter the 'link farm' category. But more importantly they can disrupt the flow of PR around your own site (by leaking to external sites). Breaking up large number of external links over a couple of 'categories/pages' is usually the best bet (for both SEO and usability). Though in terms of real onsite PR flow - it often boils down to how you use the nofollow tag to direct PR in a structured pattern :) 1. Are these reciprocal links?
Definitely. The most common type are Links Page –> Homepage between two sites.

2. Google and link swapping.
It’s not that Google does not like link swapping – they actually encourage it (between ‘on theme’ sites). It’s really that you won’t gain much in terms of SEO from doing it.

3. Outbound links.
These can in fact hurt your site if done wrong. Too many from one page and it could start to enter the ‘link farm’ category. But more importantly they can disrupt the flow of PR around your own site (by leaking to external sites).
Breaking up large number of external links over a couple of ‘categories/pages’ is usually the best bet (for both SEO and usability).
Though in terms of real onsite PR flow – it often boils down to how you use the nofollow tag to direct PR in a structured pattern :)

]]> By: Link Building http://xebidy.com/reciprocal-links/comment-page-1/#comment-5222 Link Building Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:27:11 +0000 http://xebidy.com/?p=189#comment-5222 i think they are still considered as reciprocal links as they are from the same domain. i aint sure. i think they are still considered as reciprocal links as they are from the same domain. i aint sure.

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