Not An SEO Expert

Reciprocal Links Manager software has gotten very popular. I don’t currently use it on any of my websites but that does not mean I don’t use it. There’s a very simple way to use the search engines to find potential link partners that are using Reciprocal Links Manager. It’s a good way to find a lot of potential partners quickly and it’s easy to make submissions to RLM sites.

Simply go to Google, Yahoo or MSN. You can start with any of them, it doesn’t matter which one and you’ll want to use all three eventually as well as some of the smaller search engines. Once there put this exact search in the search box:

“This reciprocal links directory is easily” (your main keyword or phrase)

So for a site that sells golf clubs, the search would be… “This reciprocal links directory is easily” golf clubs

Make sure you have the quotes (”) in the search. All RLM sites have the words “This reciprocal links directory is easily” somewhere on the links page. So you are searching for is pages that use Reciprocal Links Manager software and have a category for your keyword(s).

If you enter the search correctly, for most keywords you’ll have a list of hundreds of potential link partners that have a category themed towards your market. And most provide their HTML link code right on the “add your URL� page. Cut and paste to add their link, then fill out the submission form and move on to the next site. I’ve been able to make 25-30 link exchange requests an hour using this method and that was being selective. Once you get to the point that the site quality starts dropping switch search engines and repeat.

Make sure you actually click around the site a bit to make sure it’s a site you’d want to exchange links with. And beware of the now popular practice of sites putting their links pages on subdomains. Those pages might pass PR, but they have little to no authority or trust rank. Remember linking isn’t just about Page Rank.

Filed by Bryan at 7:07 am under SEO