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Do Link Exchanges Still Work?

QUESTION: (Gerald) I have a number of people asking me to exchange links. I have read that this is good, but can’t find anywhere how to do it. Any suggestions, or is there an article you have that would help me. Appreciate it.

Good question, Gerald, because we really don’t hear as much about link exchanges as we did in the past.  I think the big reason for it is it’s effectiveness (or lack thereof).  Search engine spiders are much smarter than they were 2 or 3 years agos.  And most will recognize a “link exchange” rather easily.

For those who don’t know what a link exchange is, it is when you approach another website (usually with similar content to yours) and ask them to place a nice, keyword-rich anchor text link back to your website.  In exchange, you will do the same for them.  Remember that an important part of SEO is backlinks (i.e., receiving links from other websites pointing back to you).  A few years ago, a lot of this “linking power” was represented by a Page Rank.  Getting high Page Rank websites to point back to you effectively will increase your own page rank.

Personally, I think Page Rank is a bit of a farce these days (at least the public one).  I do think the major search engines (like Google) have there own ranking system based on popularity, but it would not be public.  Still, getting links from “authority sites” with relevance (to your niche) is always key. 

Now getting back to the question…I think link exchanges (or “reciprocal linking”) is really not going to help or hurt you.  Any backlink (in most cases) usually will help you.  But if there is a reciprocal link, the spiders will usually recognize this and probably not give you proper popularity for it. 

Again, like everything SEO, this is speculation, but I know there has been a lot of abuse of link exchanges over the years (like link farms, paid text links, etc.) to draw a lot of attention to it.  I used to do it quite a bit.  I don’t really do it any more (unless I am quite friendly with the website and we exchange primarily for the traffic, not the SEO).  I think your efforts would be better suited to article writing/submission, press releases, even directory submissions. 

You can also consider n-way link exchanges.  For a 3-way link exchange example: Site A links to Site B, Site B links to Site C, and Site C links to Site A.  You can do this rather deeply, too.  But still, the search engine spiders are smart and may start recognizing the linking footprints.  The larger the “n”, the better off you are…but of course, this is a hell of a lot more work and requires some skillful coordination.

Personally, I have become somewhat of an a-hole about link exchange requests.  I don’t get as many as I used to, but when I do I usually ignore them. 

cheers…matt

P.S. If you want to know more about Getting Backlinks, check out SEOExciter.com.  (There are 10 free videos over there that shows you how!)

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…it’s coming.
As you probably know, I attended this “InnerMastermind Event” about two weeks ago. It was essentially free to me (by invite, but others actually paid $10,000 to attend!) and I really didn’t know what to expect.
Let me tell you what is going on (and what is about to come!).
The purpose of the “meet-up” was [...]

…it’s coming.

As you probably know, I attended this “InnerMastermind Event” about two weeks ago. It was essentially free to me (by invite, but others actually paid $10,000 to attend!) and I really didn’t know what to expect.

Let me tell you what is going on (and what is about to come!).

The purpose of the “meet-up” was essentially to recruit partners.  These two guys got on stage (actually, there was only one hysically there while the other presented via a virtual broadcast) about how they earn anywhere between $50,000 and over $100,000 per DAY.

The first night, they catered a full-open bar reception at the prestigious TAO nightclub at the Venetian hotel (where the event was held).  This is where I got the inkling that this as not your ordinary event.  I was in a room surrounded by some of the top internet marketers in the business.

Mike Filsaime was standing next to me while I had a word with John Carlton.  Dr. Mike (a fellow San Diegan) and I talked about his “Learning Annex” days.  Nick Marks and I discussed magazine subscription offers.  Eben (Pagan) was awesome and gave me some
great advice about business management.

Shoot, there goes Moffatt walking by giving me a wave hello (never got to actually talk to him, though).

Lynn Terry and I created a minute joint venture within about 20 minutes (which I emailed to you over the past week).  She was everything I expected.

Kelly Felix (aka, The Rich Jerk) was there.  He was not what I expected; totally cool guy!

Some of my other internet friends like Syndey Johnson and the Perry’s (Rhea and Drew) ere hanging around, too.

I could go on and on here.  But as you can see, THIS WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL!

So on Friday, all of these “Uber-Marketers” were crammed into this medium sized room to hear how these two guys brought in over $30 million dollars last month.  So they showed us.

No one really left for the entire day.  We just sat and watched.  The numbers were incredible but what they were doing seemed so easy.

Here is the deal:

We were brought here to first learn what they were doing because they first wanted our feedback and then they wanted our support to promote a release of what they just showed us.

Now I am not newbie marketer, but I am no where NEAR the level that some of these other Uber-Marketers” are at.  Yes, I am an affiliate for this product and of course, I always appreciate your support in buying from me.

I probably won’t be able to offer the bonuses these other big players do, but what I do
want to do right now is educate you on what this offer entitles.

You will start receiving a LOT of emails from every big name under the sun for this.

My plan:

I want to start providing some analysis and opinion on the truckload of information that is going to be released over the next week.  (and I have plenty of opinion on this, too!)

For today, the “first” release is available at:

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This includes the initial introduction of Arbitrage Conspiracy by Brad Fallon.  If you opt-in, you can also get the initial Arbitrage Conspiracy which outlines a lot of these initial ideas.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to post them there!

Yes, I am excited about the product and I am just as anxious as you are to see how this unfolds.

You should really watch the first video, though.  (I brings back good memories of the event!)

http://www.matthewbredel.com/vegas_report

cheers…matt

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