You have read a little about optimization in the optimization page, however getting your website in top rankings on search engines for the keywords you need does not stop there. Google ranks your website by how important it is and Google looks at how many external websites are linking to yours. The more websites you are linked to the better your page rank, however you need to link to websites that are relevant to yours, as relevant website links score more highly than websites that are not relevant. Some people think optimization is all about putting into your meta tags and page content keywords as many times as you can. This can be seen in search engines as keyword spam. You can read about spam in more detail in the spam page.
One good way of helping your page rank with linking, is to submit your website to directories. Yahoo is the biggest directory on the net however to submit to Yahoo directory will cost you. Click here to check prices
https://ecom.yahoo.com/dir/reference/cost
if you can find cheaper directories or even free directory listings like on this website even better. You can link to us click on the
Directory
button or check the
site map
(you will need a website to free link exchange with us). If you do not have a website you can link with, then click on the
Sites button
and we can build you a website. Directories have a great importance in search engines, plus your listing will only result in more traffic finding you, you can not lose. If you list in a directory, make sure you list in the category that relates to you.
You can also find link exchange partners on this site here.
Before you submit your website to search engines it is recommended that you have at least one link from an external source. Search engines may not index your site until you do. If you have another website you might want to link your new one to it. A search engine spider will follow a link from an external website to yours and therefore you will get indexed a lot quicker too. Your score will also depend on links you point to. Like incoming links, outgoing links score higher if they are more relevant to your website.
Website owners who do not want to link to any other website don't understand the importance of linking. Yes we do not want to send our customers to our competitors, however there are not just the benefits of page ranking to consider. The fact that you link exchange to another website is giving you free advertising too. And you can have your link page somewhere within your site not to obvious, so as not too lose your potential customers from your site. In any case remember a bit of competition is sometimes a good thing. If you can try to link with a website who has a high page ranking and who is relevant to your site. You will then receive a higher score and therefore you will not have to find as many links. Good luck in finding links and remember this. If you don't ask you don't get and there is no harm in asking.
Last thing to remember when link exchanging with other sites is the text of the link itself.
Example: If you own a flower shop called
Roses
do not simply have the link as Roses.
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.rosesuk.co.uk">
Roses
</a>
Try thinking about some keyword to your link like
A beautiful array of wedding flowers.
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.rosesuk.co.uk">
A beautiful array of wedding flowers.
</a>
You will find that search engine spiders will give you a better importance to your link with a key word placed within that link exchange.
Other place's to try for links is here.
UK Link Exchange
Link Market - Free Link Exchange, Link Swap and Link Trade Directory
Have you ever tried to exchange links, swap links, or trade links? Was it hard? Use link market instead; - it is easy to use, free and very smart. It will save you hours of work.
Links Lister
Got Links
Links Highway
Links Junk
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