Thread: Reciprocal links-good or bad?

i am confused about reciprocal links. some say they are bad as search engines see as negative.
but when i use back link checker mostly all sites are using them for page rank.
What do you think Search engines think of them

Thanks
Piush
[url]http://www.food-lover.com[/url]
[url]http://www.recipes.food-lover.com[/url]

Reciprocal link building is good way to increase ranking & PR. Search engine gets it positive if you do with relative websites.

Reciprocal link building is the process to exchange links between 2 websites. Which are at same theme......If both website are quality websites then both will increase popularity and search engine reputation. This is beneficial...

I've been doing a lot of research on search engine optimization lately. One of the main ways to fare better in the search engines, particularily Google, is to have more inbound links.

I've exhausted all possible directories and other sites that can put a link to my site (and I'm also thinking about other sites I'm making now and in the future).

So when it comes to getting more sites linking to you, it seems that the last option is to submit to directories that will link to you, but only if you link to them, usually by placing their logo on your site with a hyperlink.

I don't like this for two reasons:

1. People may become distracted and leave your site for one of the links, which could be a directory with your competitors.

2. It doesn't look professional to have links to a bunch of directories. Some of them don't even want it on a "links" page, they want it on a "regular" page.

3. I hear Google doesn't like "reciprocal" links, they prefer "one way" links - a link to your site, but no link back to the other site.

It's good for site page rank

Some experts don't recommend this practice. I am unable to decide what to do.

thanks for your advice.
Piush
[URL="http://www.food-lover.com"]http://www.food-lover.com[/URL]

Reciprocal links are useful if they are theme based and good pr site.

Search for a website that shares almost the same PR as you AND operates in the same niche as yours. That could only mean a good reciprocal linking.

good for PR of site

Reciprocal links with relevant websites are good for website.

The first thing that springs to mind when the subject of reciprocal links appears is good old fashioned link trading. In fact, link swaps are only one aspect of the overall topic of reciprocal links. Far more than simple link exchanges, reciprocal links also include website themes and topics, cross linking of self administered websites, and the even more problematic link farms. There is more than one issue bundled into the overall category of reciprocal links.

I don't prefer "Reciprocal Link" because in that we have to put link in our website also. I only prefer one way links from forum, blogs, article etc.

If you know the Google algorithm properly then you can do link exchange easily because if you get a reciprocal link from any penalize site, irrelevant site or the site who have bad links then you will get very bad effect on your site. This is the limitation in reciprocal link & if it is break this rules definitely your site will go out of ranking.

I would recommend you to better kick out reciprocal link strategy for your life! It is nothing but waste of time and efforts!

Well I don’t pay much attention to what Google says. It you take the top 50 factors that influence ranking, link exchanges are at the bottom of the heap, maybe even a negative factor. While link exchanges may assist with crawling and discovery, you cant say definitively that the exchanges themselves are directly responsible for a ranking improvement. Having the page indexed is closer to the truth and now a days that can be accomplished with a lot less effort. So if link exchanges are the main platform for ones SEO it will only keep you on an even platform with the other link exchangers. The goal in SEO is to dominate query space and not float around in the sediment with everyone else.

This thing is very old becuse before 3 years reciprocal link are counted as good but now senario is that if you are doing reciprocal link then remember these things.

1. Site should hve relevancy with your site.
2. Both side have sane GEO location.
3. Content should be relavent.
4. Website should have good Page rank.

There is nothing wrong with "reciprocal links", per se, but they should be "real" links, with a purpose, contained within the content on a page for a reason. Likewise, if they're linking *back* to your site, there should be a reason for that link, too.

Thanks for your interest i also search for it

It is good only if you make link which is relevant to your business.