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Originally Posted by KingPin
Desybabe, they are "Guidelines", nothing more.
Sally, there is nothing wrong with reciprocal linking but if you are going to do it, get them from relevant sites.
As RedEvo says, relevance is the key.
Forget pages that might be sports but a PR6 because it will do nothing to your site. The link will hold very little value.
Just go to Google and type in "ADD URL"+"Keyword"
That will bring up a list of sites that allow you to ad your link and which relevant.
KP
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KP, I am not disagreeing with what you are saying, but guidelines are there for a reason. Stay within them and you can do very well and not worry about algorithm changes affecting your work. As I am sure you well know.
Many SEO people, you and I included, run 'dodgy' sites to explore black techniques. It is difficult in a few words to pass this over to a less experienced person.
Also, when giving advice to newcomers and anyone wanting to learn, I always point to the guidelines as an official way of helping. We could go on forever discussing our own personal techniques and preferences.
My point about reciprocal was that it is reducing in weight and should not be used as the only form of link building.
If a less experienced operator thinks reciprocal is the way to go as long as it is relevent, they go and find an automated way of reciprocal linking (ARELIS) and before you know it they are chuffed to bits because they have 3,000 recip links all pointing to their 'resources.html'.
In my mind, this will only harm the site. As mentioned in the guidelines.
That was my point.