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Link Exchanges also known as “Reciprocal Links” are an arrangement made by two webmasters to agree to add each others link on their website. Although there are many similarities using this approach verses using a joint venture, there is just a slight twist to link exchanges.

Most link exchanges are done through a text link, but they can also be done through banners. The sole purpose of doing a link exchange is to gain link popularity and to get a significant amount of increased traffic. When you first start out in a link exchange program with other sites, it is strongly recommended that you keep records of all sites that have agreed to a link exchange with you. At periodic intervals you want to check that your link partners are honoring the agreement and keeping your link on their website.

When you enter into a link exchange with other websites, the common agreement is to follow through with your promise. If you agree to adding their link, by all means keep their link on your site. If for some reason you need to delete or move their link to another page, contact the webmaster letting them know of the change.

Both parties are simply agreeing to add each others link on their website. When using a text link, a short description of each other’s website is included with the link.

Another tip is; do not exchange links with sites that either bury or hide the link that goes to their link partners page. You should have your link to your reciprocal partners plainly visible on your home page. Adding this link to all of your website pages is an added plus. This encourages other sites to be in favor to doing a link exchange with you.

Search engines now look at how many in-coming links one has for link popularity. This has an effect on where you are ranked in their search results. This is one reason why the popularity of link exchanges has dramatically increased over the past year.

Before entering into a link exchange program, develop a professional looking website with solid content and navigation links on each page, making it easy to navigate through. Check for any misspellings, broken sentences or non-working links that would receive a negative rating from search engines.

Than look for targeted websites that are relevant to what your site offers. Search engines will frown on sites that have links with no relevance to it.

You can perform a search using keywords that would pertain to your website. Take the time to view each of the sites of interest from your search results.

Once you have found a website that would be appropriate for a link exchange, look for the contact information to the Webmaster and send them an email. If the contact information includes the webmasters name, make sure you personalize your email by using their first name in the subject box, as well as in the heading.

In your email, you will want to include your name, your URL, a short description of your site and your contact information. In the body of the email, express to them your interest in exchanging links and how you feel this can benefit both of you. You can explain what you liked about their site and how both sites complement each other by having a targeted interest. The main idea is to be concise and professional as possible.

Another great way to get a jump-start on a link exchange program is through Sitesell Value Exchange.

The Value Exchange generates credible matches, so that each contact is only facilitated between similarly themed quality sites that have specifically requested an interest in exchanging links.

This is a free service and not to be confused with link farms. You simply submit a short form with Value Exchange and than in short time you will receive a confirmation email. You will than receive another email about all the sites that pertain to your website. At that time you have the opportunity to view the sites and decide which sites you want to exchange links with (you can pick and choose).

To submit your site, go here; http://value-exchange.sitesell.com/

Writing Articles

Publishing your own articles and having them listed on your website is another way to get added exposure. Writing an article is basically simple when considering most articles only contain 300 to 2000 words. The idea is to write informative information on topics of interest.

Not only can you be looked at as an authority by publishing articles, but you can also submit your articles to article directories to use on their website or ezine publishers to use in their newsletters. There are many directories and newsletter publishers looking for articles with solid content that they can use.

At the end of each article you can have a 5 to 6 line bio about you as the author. In your bio you can leave some background information about yourself, as well as some information about your business with a link to your website. This will get you additional traffic to your website at the same time increasing the inbound links going to your site.

One other approach you can use, is you can express on your website that you are interested in an article exchange with other publishers. By listing one of their articles on your website, they in turn list your article on their site. Both sites benefit from this arrangement, building link popularity and increasing their rankings with search engines.

To get an idea of some published articles, go to our "Articles" page at http://www.ahomebusinessopportunity.net/articles.htm

For a list of websites that you can submit your articles to, go to our "Submit Your Article" page at http://www.ahomebusinessopportunity.net/sya.htm

To look for newsletter publishes that accept articles, you can start your search with any of the links on our "Ezine Directories" page http://www.ahomebusinessopportunity.net/ezine.htm

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