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Search Engine Optimization Strategies ~ Reciprocal Linking Guidelines

When a web master is faced with the seemingly colossal task of increasing a web site?s search engine ranking, he or she usually begins with the easiest and cheapest tasks. Link building can be one of the easiest and cheapest means to increase search engine ranking so web administrators usually give this a lot of effort.

Link building per se can be a time consuming and complicated undertaking. However, through reciprocal linking link building has the potential to be one of the most economical and effortless ways of increasing a web site?s search engine ranking.

--- Reciprocal linking

Reciprocal linking is the process of exchanging links between web sites. One web administrator agrees to post another web site?s link on one of his or her pages, in exchange for a similar link on the other web site.

Ideally, reciprocal linking is a win-win situation for web masters. A web site could gain so many inbound links this way. Furthermore, it is not a difficult matter to convince other web sites to post an outbound link because these web masters also gain inbound links in the process.

--- When reciprocal linking hurts instead of helping

However, search engines do not deem all inbound links equal. The origin of inbound links matters in the ranking configurations of search engines. On the other hand, search engines do not distinguish among the direction of the outbound links. In effect, search engines make distinctions on inbound links so not all inbound links count equally towards page rank, but they don?t make such a distinction on outbound links and all outbound links count equally against page rank.

Search engines look at the quality and relevance of the pages on which the inbound links are posted. The higher the page rank of the inbound link source page, the greater the weight most search engines give to that particular inbound link. Likewise, the more related to the destination web site the inbound link source page is, the more the inbound link matters in rating page rank.

This inequality in inbound links taken together with the equally diluting effect of outbound links should make it very obvious that reciprocal linking can hurt more than help a web site?s search engine status.

--- To make reciprocal linking count

Reciprocal linking is basically a good SEO practice and with good exchange linking strategy, the harmful effects of reciprocal linking could be eradicated in their entirety. This objective can be attained only through careful deliberation before permitting or soliciting a link exchange.

1. The search engine ranking status of the potential link partner. This is the number one consideration in choosing reciprocal linking partners. A web administrator should seek reciprocal linking with web sites or web directories that are known to have high engine ranks as inbound links from these sites are more valued than others. The rank of the actual page where the inbound link would be posted should also be considered. Even if a site?s overall ranking is high, an inbound link from that site may not help at all if the page where the link would be posted has zero page rank.

2. The relevance of the potential reciprocal linking partner?s content. Inbound links from similar-content web sites carry more weight than inbound links from unrelated web sites. Webmasters should choose relevant web sites to link up with.

3. The position of the links in the other web site. Some web masters trick other web masters into giving them inbound links without giving favorable link exposure to the latter?s links. Webmasters should intermittently check their links? position in their link partners? pages.

David Bain is the author of the free report Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Mistakes. Visit http://www.Top10SEOMistakes.com to download the report today.

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