You may be familiar with automatic link exchange services, however, being a member of several of them I can assure you there are some shady webmasters out there who do not reciprocate after they have agreed to exchange or they hide your reciprocal link “in the back” where the automated link exchange software can locate it as directed, but the search engines will never find it.
Manual link exchange does take more time, but it’s worth 10 fold more than an automatic link exchange service can offer. Dead links on your site or exchanging links with webmasters who are not reciprocating properly is of no value to you.
True Reciprocal Link Exchange is of great value and these Link Partners are GOLDEN!
If you are going to exchange links… Make it count!
When you are looking to exchange links with someone, there are several important items to look for.
Ensure the site you are exchanging links with has a reciprocal link directory/pages located ON their domain.
Third party link exchange services are NOT recommended. These webmasters pay to use the service, when they decide they no longer want to pay for the service, your...