Ever since 2003, the discussion of
link building has been a never ending topic. While this discussion began because of how link building could potentially affect your Google Page Rank and how it will list you within those web sites who are fighting for positioning with specific keywords. The way in which this is decided is upon the basiss of incoming links. Search Engines truly believe that these are very important for web sites to have. This is why it has been observed that link popularity actually helps web sites to achieve higher page rank. With this in mind, it is no wonder why link trades will actually help to improve your Search Engine rankings.
While it is quite important for you to build quality links to your web site, it is just as equally important to consider what the quality of these links are as you build them. Here are some of the parameters that you should be using to decide whether the links you are trading really are of the quality that your web site requires in order to position your web site properly in the Search Engines:
1. Search Engines will give your links more weight when they come from other web sites that are related to your business or niche, as represented on your web site. As such, these links will benefit your site a lot more than links from nonrelated web sites would.
2. You should do your best to get links from web sites that have a high Google page rank. These web sites really should have at least a PR3, if not higher.
3. Whatever you do, make sure that your web site does NOT get listed on a FFA (Free For All) links page. While these directories will allow you to instantly add a back link to your web site, they also do not have a specific theme and thus they are willing to give out links to any web sites that request to have a link there. However, if you get a FFA back link they will negatively impact your Search Engine positioning. Therefore, they should be avoided at all cost.
4. In the same way as you need to avoid FFA link pages, you also need to avoid getting links from web sites that have porn or gambling material on them. This is because your site will no longer be friendly for families and thus many web sites will not want to link to your web site, thus you will be harming your web site's standing in the Search Engines. However, if you have a pornographic or gambling web site, you can ignore this “rule.”
Of course, these are only a few of the really important factors that you have to take into consideration whenever you are trying to implement a successful
link building campaign for your web site. Remember, this is a very important part of any good Search Engine optimization campaign. Therefore, you should really take the time and effort to do it properly.
Manish Mathukiya is President of Inetzeal Network, They offer Manual
directory submission service. They also offer
link building and article submission services
