Linking to other sites
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If you are selling their products, the links and banners need to go on the product or information pages you are selling.
If on one page you are "selling" shampoo, then the affiliate links for the merchants that are selling bath products would go on that page.
The merchant page is the page that once someone clicks on your link will take them to the company you are promoting. It could be a product page or the merchants home page, or anything in between.
Landing page is where the person will "land" (end up at) once they click your link.
If on one page you are "selling" shampoo, then the affiliate links for the merchants that are selling bath products would go on that page.
The merchant page is the page that once someone clicks on your link will take them to the company you are promoting. It could be a product page or the merchants home page, or anything in between.
Landing page is where the person will "land" (end up at) once they click your link.
Chet
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You mean a free link exchange?
You would have a seperate page called something like "Sites that we like" and have links to other sites related to your business. I would be sure to only exchange links with sites that can relate to your site.
I would also try to stay away from having to many banners and stick with text links for link exchanges. Unless the site you are exchanging links with gives you a good spot on their site.
You would have a seperate page called something like "Sites that we like" and have links to other sites related to your business. I would be sure to only exchange links with sites that can relate to your site.
I would also try to stay away from having to many banners and stick with text links for link exchanges. Unless the site you are exchanging links with gives you a good spot on their site.
Affilinator
New Member
banner-ads and text-links
First of all, Chet is wise for suggesting text-links. Historically they have outperformed banner-ads.
I have another recommendation for optimizing placement of ads and links. I often suggest that you repeatedly place links on different pages. Often times when consumers see these links several times over, they are more likely to click on them. I know this might sound confusing, but this strategy really seems to work.
Hope this helps,
First of all, Chet is wise for suggesting text-links. Historically they have outperformed banner-ads.
I have another recommendation for optimizing placement of ads and links. I often suggest that you repeatedly place links on different pages. Often times when consumers see these links several times over, they are more likely to click on them. I know this might sound confusing, but this strategy really seems to work.
Hope this helps,
YourMlmTools.biz
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Unless you use the alt tags they also do better in the SEs
Rick
Rick
I just heard a great "link partner" strategy that makes a lot of sense to me.
Have separate link page categories such as business, entertainment, SEO, financial, etc. and don't have more than 25 links on each page. So, in other words, if you have more than 25 links in the business section, you could have business links and then have page #1, page#2, etc.
This way, your link pages are more of an organized resource rather than just a long list of links. It makes it more attractive to your potential link partners.
Also, you should put a link to their site before you ask them to put a link on your site and show them the page that their link is on.
Sheree
P.S. I also agree with the minimum banners on your site. You don't want it to look like a billboard.
Have separate link page categories such as business, entertainment, SEO, financial, etc. and don't have more than 25 links on each page. So, in other words, if you have more than 25 links in the business section, you could have business links and then have page #1, page#2, etc.
This way, your link pages are more of an organized resource rather than just a long list of links. It makes it more attractive to your potential link partners.
Also, you should put a link to their site before you ask them to put a link on your site and show them the page that their link is on.
Sheree
P.S. I also agree with the minimum banners on your site. You don't want it to look like a billboard.
YourMlmTools.biz
Member
You're psychic I was just thinking about having separate link pages in each of my subsections. More on topic and as you say better organized
Rick
Rick
I have yet to actually put this into practice because I've just been redesigning my sites and I've been slacking on the link exchanging but I'm starting to get enough links that I'll be doing exactly what I just talked about as my next project.
Where do you guys go for link exchanges anyway? Do you just email webmasters whose sites you admire or do you use link exchange services, or both?
I've only just got my sites to the point where I actually want to email webmasters. I'm kind of a perfectionist and I had to have my sites a certain way before I felt that I had the nerve to do this.
I actually just read a really good book about SEO that I'm about to put into practice. That's where I learned about the 25 links per page organization deal. I think it makes so much sense because I know I have links on sites where I'm just another in a huge sea of like 100 links or whatever. This just seems more professional to me.
I think I'm going to make videos while on my SEO adventure.
Sheree
Where do you guys go for link exchanges anyway? Do you just email webmasters whose sites you admire or do you use link exchange services, or both?
I've only just got my sites to the point where I actually want to email webmasters. I'm kind of a perfectionist and I had to have my sites a certain way before I felt that I had the nerve to do this.
I actually just read a really good book about SEO that I'm about to put into practice. That's where I learned about the 25 links per page organization deal. I think it makes so much sense because I know I have links on sites where I'm just another in a huge sea of like 100 links or whatever. This just seems more professional to me.
I think I'm going to make videos while on my SEO adventure.
Sheree
YourMlmTools.biz
Member
You know I love Yahoo groups
I'm thinking about making an iframe of the link page on a compatable sub index page where people can add their link and they have to register to do so. What do you guys think of that?
I had to edit this it made no sense lol
In yahoo groups there's a link page. I can add that link page to a subindex page on my site using an iframe
Rick
I'm thinking about making an iframe of the link page on a compatable sub index page where people can add their link and they have to register to do so. What do you guys think of that?
I had to edit this it made no sense lol
In yahoo groups there's a link page. I can add that link page to a subindex page on my site using an iframe
Rick
Only exchange links with sites that add value to your site, value for your visitors that is. Don't do it because of search engines, because that can potentially cause you more harm than good. Ignore those (mostly automated) emails from other websites that want to exchange links with your for the sole purpose of "improving search engine visibility/ranking".
That worked maybe pre-2005 and even better pre-2003. Search Engines hate artificial links that only serve the purpose of manipulating their search results.
Search Engines have a wide range of penalties and punishments for abusive webmasters, depending on the case and the extend of manipulation. Linking out to very abusive websites will harm your own reputation as well, because linking to them is the equivalent of associating yourself with them (in the real world). You don't want to be associated with a bad neighborhood, don't you?
Just keep those things in mind. Cheers!
That worked maybe pre-2005 and even better pre-2003. Search Engines hate artificial links that only serve the purpose of manipulating their search results.
Search Engines have a wide range of penalties and punishments for abusive webmasters, depending on the case and the extend of manipulation. Linking out to very abusive websites will harm your own reputation as well, because linking to them is the equivalent of associating yourself with them (in the real world). You don't want to be associated with a bad neighborhood, don't you?
Just keep those things in mind. Cheers!
Only exchange links with sites that add value to your site, value for your visitors that is. Don't do it because of search engines, because that can potentially cause you more harm than good.
Very Nice input Carsten! I would have exactly suggested the same thing. Be wary of bad neighborhood sites, link farms, adult sites, banned sites, etc. as this will adversely affect your PR. Always build backlinks which are targeted and adds quality as this helps more in reaching your target audience and eventually in PR building of your site - from an SEO point of view
Very Nice input Carsten! I would have exactly suggested the same thing. Be wary of bad neighborhood sites, link farms, adult sites, banned sites, etc. as this will adversely affect your PR. Always build backlinks which are targeted and adds quality as this helps more in reaching your target audience and eventually in PR building of your site - from an SEO point of view
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