Is anyone interested in a link exchange to improve your website ranking?

[Wesley Cude]

Hello everyone, I am a member of a different forum whereby a few of us got together and offered to exchange links. The reason for doing so is to improve the search ranking of our website. Backlinks are often costly, so this proved a good way to find alternative ways to build a backlink profile.

I personally have two websites:

Topic: Digital marketing and a DA of 47.
Topic: CBD Oil/eCommerce and a DA of 22

 

[fisicx]

Seriously? Google warned against doing this years ago and that advice has never changed.

There are ways to make reciprocal links work but it’s not easy and needs to be very carefully managed.

And google doesn’t give two hoots for DA.

 

[WhizzPeople]

It is not a good idea to have a reciprocal link exchange. I am sure you know that by now.

 

[WaveJumper]

No internet wizard here but thought as highlighted by those in the know reciprocal links are totally against Google's Webmaster Guidelines certainly was last time I looked.

 

[Wesley Cude]

Well in general any SEO is against the policy of Google such as link building. However, it is necessary to improve your ranking. So whether we pay Women's Health Magazine £1500 for a guest post, or we partner with someone to put a link in a previously published blog post, it is the same process. Just done a lot cheaper.

In terms of reciprocal links, if done right and not on mass, it can certainly supplement your SEO campaign: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/link-building-guide/reciprocal-links/#close

And link building is very much a thriving industry.

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[fisicx]

Yes it is a thriving industry. That doesn’t mean it has any value. The SEJ article (from 2019) says as much.

If you want exchange links that up to you. But I doubt many here will want to join in.

 

[milesanthony]

Link building is an important part of SEO, but only when done well. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen naturally for most sites like Google implies. But if you jumpstart things with just a few quality links, then others will usually start to happen naturally.

 

[Fagin2021]

Bit of a dangerous game you're playing here.

Say my site is pootling along quite happily then Google sees I suddenly link to, and get links from, (probably using identical anchor text), a random selection of websites that have nothing to do with my sector.

Google might be rubbish at a lot of things but they're quite good at spotting unnatural link patterns and flagging them for investigation.

Might as well email them and ask for a penalty.

 

[milesanthony]

That's what the disavow tool in Google Search Console is for...to tell Google to ignore any spammy, low quality links others are pointing to your site.

 

[SEODEV#338055]

In answer to your thread question, no

Well in general any SEO is against the policy of Google

That's a false statement

Google has a website devoted to SEO

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However, it is necessary to improve your ranking.

That's another false statement

Links are not a necessary requirement to improve search ranking

In fact links which lead to non-optimised content can have zero affect on SEO

In terms of reciprocal links, if done right and not on mass, it can certainly supplement your SEO campaign: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/link-building-guide/reciprocal-links/#close

You are quoting a media channel

It has nothing to do with Google

Mostly gossip and overly technical pot stirring

Stick to the basics of SEO, ignore the hype

And link building is very much a thriving industry.

So are many nefarious activities

What's your point?

 

[Fagin2021]

That's what the disavow tool in Google Search Console is for...to tell Google to ignore any spammy, low quality links others are pointing to your site.

I think you're getting a bit muddled up about the purpose and use of the disavow tool..

1. Google ain't going to be impressed if you disavow links from sites that you have linked to.
2. Reciprocal links aren't necessarily low-quality and spammy - but may well be irrelevant and without value.

 

[cansezerr]

Its definitely not good way o increase ranking try to create content its best wayy

 

[Karimbo]

Someone just finished ready and seo book printed in 2007