hi everyone!!
i got a request for link exchange from a site which claims not to be a spam. but it has a page at side with list of inbound links only which smells fishy(despite the fact that it seems a genuine web dev site). using pagerank checker, its pagerank is 4. mine is a site of web developer(with pagerank 5). his is also one(web developer). so, i dont know what to do since it is advised not to link with competitor. but also it is advised to have link exchange with a related site. both the advises kinda contradict each other.
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Can I Trust A Site With A Page With List Of Links Only?
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tenzin
, Jul 27 2007 04:06 AM
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 04:14 AM
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i got a request for link exchange from a site which claims not to be a spam
Did you ask for the request ??
If not. It's spam.
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 04:14 AM
Sounds like a typical link exchange request. The value of this practice tends to be argued over. Generally, I do not think it is considered spam. For the site to be considered a bad neighbohood, it needs to be pretty spammy- link farms etc.
linking to the competition. I actually practice this sometimes, particularly accross geo areas.
linking to the competition. I actually practice this sometimes, particularly accross geo areas.
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 04:21 AM
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Did you ask for the request ??
If not. It's spam.
If not. It's spam.
Ye true, but not necessarily SE spam
BTW I believe a discussion regarding broken code went on today
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 04:40 AM
Don't go for link exchange with that site... 
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 06:07 AM
thanks everyone for ur valuable feedbacks
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 06:10 AM
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Did you ask for the request ??
If not. It's spam.
If not. It's spam.
If all requests for a backlink / reciprical link are spam, how do you ask sites if they will link to you. ?
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Posted 27 July 2007 - 10:44 AM
QUOTE(tenzin @ Jul 27 2007, 05:06 AM) 
i got a request for link exchange from a site which claims not to be a spam
It's kind of like scammers telling you how honest they are, before you've even asked.
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If all requests for a backlink / reciprical link are spam, how do you ask sites if they will link to you. ?
If they invite you to email them link requests, it's not spam. In other words, if they have a page of links and a line saying "Want to trade links with us?" then they can't complain about link requests.
Contacting someone who does not trade links with a reciprocal link request is spam, plain and simple. Contacting a site that only lists sites in their industry... and you don't qualify... is spam. These days your domain can end up on spamhaus or other email block lists for sending out link requests to people who do not solicit links.
Contacting someone to let them know about your site and what it offers to their visitors is not a "backlink/reciprocal link" request, it's good business.
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Posted 03 September 2007 - 04:05 AM
Do you check the PR? If it has a good PR, you can exchange I think.
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Posted 03 September 2007 - 04:24 AM
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Do you check the PR? If it has a good PR, you can exchange I think.
I would suggest you read http://www.highranki...showtopic=17365 and http://www.webmaster...-important.html
to see why toolbar PR is NOT a useful metric
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Posted 06 September 2007 - 02:49 PM
Linking to a competitor site wont do any harm on you but you should check the site's profile before you exchange links with them.
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Posted 06 September 2007 - 06:24 PM
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Linking to a competitor site wont do any harm
Other than possibly causing the prospect to go to the competitor site and perhaps choose to do business with them instead of you?
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Posted 12 September 2007 - 01:08 PM
QUOTE(Jill @ Sep 7 2007, 07:24 AM)
Other than possibly causing the prospect to go to the competitor site and perhaps choose to do business with them instead of you?
Ok. what i mean is she could link to a site that is relevant or related with her theme. (isn't that considered as competitor site?) maybe i am confused
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Posted 12 September 2007 - 09:14 PM
No, a competitor would be if you sell shoes and you link to another site that sells shoes.
A related site would be if you sell shoes and you link to another site that sells socks or a site that sells handbags and belts.
Related sites aren't necessarily competitors.
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A related site would be if you sell shoes and you link to another site that sells socks or a site that sells handbags and belts.
Related sites aren't necessarily competitors.
--Torka
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Posted 13 September 2007 - 01:53 PM
QUOTE(torka @ Sep 13 2007, 10:14 AM)
Related sites aren't necessarily competitors.
--Torka
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Ok. thanks for your clarifying this...
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