trading and exchanging 

trading and exchanging

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[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]
[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]
[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]

[b]Bar graphs[/b]
[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]
[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]
[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]

[b]Bar graphs[/b]
[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]
[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]
[b]Web Browsers (GRML)[/b]

I?ve had good success by creating a special ADD URL page on my site. Use your strongest keywords, along with the words ADD URL, LINK EXCHANGE, etc., in the Title, Description, Keywords, File Name and page copy.

On the ADD URL page create a form for your exchange partners to provide you their info such as Site Title, Description, Site Category, Site Description and Email Address.

Create a links page structure that includes a Categories page (your main links page) then below the categories page, the individual category pages.

Then create an assortment of links describing YOUR site for people to copy directly into their sites. In the different variations of links ALWAYS include your most important keywords. You should have plain text and image (banner) links to give your exchange partners a choice. In the text versions include very brief and extended versions. Don?t forget to add keywords to Alt tags in your images.

Structure the ADD URL page so at the beginning you mention you want to EXCHANGE URLs. Then place the form for your exchange partners to provide their site info. Then provide your link info. At the top of page where you mention exchanging, provide a hot link to bring them lower on the page where your link info is.

Place a link to your ADD URL page on your home page.

After about 6 months (or 50-100 links) you may want to add your second most important keywords to your links and banners.

You?ll receive link requests from sites that you don?t want to link to. I just ignore them.

You should also a create ?link exchange request? email that you can copy from your word processor into an email. Use this email to proactively search for link partners. Don?t worry about the PR of your link partners (as long as they are not banned!) Just make sure that the visitors of your link partners sites will have a high propensity to purchase from your site.

I should end by saying I?m sure others have their own opinions and may disagree with some of what I?ve laid out. I can only tell that this has worked very nicely for me!