Do search engines dislike you linking to

montyauto · 03-06-2007

Hi there,

I made my page say as domain.com listing any link to other domain that contains certain link back to domain.com

Do search engines dislike it?

If so, why?

Sai_dallas · 03-06-2007

I don't think it is an issue.

Thanks

OWG · 03-06-2007

reciporocal linking is not a fraction as effective as one way linking form on topic pages. Trading links with sites that are not on topic to the page you are linking out from will harm your relevancy, and as such hurt your rankings.

NB this is OUT links, not in links, as you can't control who is linking to you.

Vasily B. · 03-11-2007

AFAIK, few years ago reciprocal linking was a very popular way to get better results in search engines.. now se get smarter and they pay greater attention to real links they point to your site

microlinx · 03-12-2007

So, in other words using a script like this is useless if not detrimental to a site? That's what I'm seeing here and that's what a recent PR update is proving. dropped from PR 5 to PR 4.
With only 100 links, Google is finding (or shoul di say counting) THOUSANDS in the script.

I am going to do a robots.txt "disallow" for the links directory and remove from my sitemap.
I will also start decomissioning the script by verifying "good" links and removing as many links as possible. That's a pretty tough task, using the "tools" provided with the script.
The Google PR feature was my one tool to evaluate possible link partners, but with that broken, and no recip link checker, and the "other than smooth" workflow, it's all become a mess.

adityabizz · 03-14-2007

Reciprocal linking still works, in a limited way. Relevancy is the key here.

03-06-2007	#1
montyauto Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8	Do search engines dislike you linking to Hi there, I made my page say as domain.com listing any link to other domain that contains certain link back to domain.com Do search engines dislike it? If so, why?

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Sai_dallas Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,186	I don't think it is an issue. Thanks __________________ Dot Rig Ayhu eDoctor

03-06-2007	#3
OWG Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 209	reciporocal linking is not a fraction as effective as one way linking form on topic pages. Trading links with sites that are not on topic to the page you are linking out from will harm your relevancy, and as such hurt your rankings. NB this is OUT links, not in links, as you can't control who is linking to you. __________________ Gay Rugby Forum

03-11-2007	#4
Vasily B. Administrator Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,249	AFAIK, few years ago reciprocal linking was a very popular way to get better results in search engines.. now se get smarter and they pay greater attention to real links they point to your site __________________ Subrion CMS - free open source php content management system Business Directory Script - powerful php business directory software, Yellow Pages Script - the most advanced yellow pages php software

03-12-2007	#5
microlinx Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 64	So, in other words using a script like this is useless if not detrimental to a site? That's what I'm seeing here and that's what a recent PR update is proving. dropped from PR 5 to PR 4. With only 100 links, Google is finding (or shoul di say counting) THOUSANDS in the script. I am going to do a robots.txt "disallow" for the links directory and remove from my sitemap. I will also start decomissioning the script by verifying "good" links and removing as many links as possible. That's a pretty tough task, using the "tools" provided with the script. The Google PR feature was my one tool to evaluate possible link partners, but with that broken, and no recip link checker, and the "other than smooth" workflow, it's all become a mess. Last edited by microlinx; 03-12-2007 at 03:23 PM.

03-14-2007	#6
adityabizz Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	Reciprocal linking still works, in a limited way. Relevancy is the key here.

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