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Order of Links on Reciprocal Links Pages
When
you manage reciprocal links, do you know order of reciprocal
links have an impact to contribute to a successful reciprocal
links directory? This article reveals this aspect of reciprocal
link management.
Whether you are using a link
management program to administer your reciprocal links,
or manually add links to your link directory pages, there
are some guidelines you should consider.
When adding links to your pages there are three choices for
the
order: alphabetical, newest links first or oldest links first.
Listing links by order of "Oldest Links First" is
the most
appropriate and fairest to your link partners and will make
them
more willing to exchange links with you for other sites they
have. Here's why:
By listing in Alphabetical order your links pages will not
be static and will constantly change. Using one of my own
sites as an example, since it starts with a "U",
whenever you reach your determined maximum number of links
per page my site will most likely move to page 2. When page
2 fills my site will move to page 3, then page 4 and so on.
When my link
management script checks for all my reciprocal links,
it won't see yours since it has moved to a different page
and then it will send an email to you that my link can't be
found at your site. Then we will both have to exchange emails
and I will have to make a correction to my links directory
as to where my link is at on your site. This is wasted time
for both of us.
The same thing happens with ordering by Newest Links First.
Your
links pages will not be static and will constantly change
as new
links are added. Your oldest links move farther down the page,
then to page 2, then page 3, etc. Here again, we will have
to
exchange email to correct the problem when my reciprocal link
can't be found at your site.
By listing in order of Oldest Links First new links get added
to
the end of the list. When page 1 is full your new links start
on
page 2, then page 3, etc. The links on page 1 will never change
their position, the links on page 2 never change their position,
etc. so your pages become static and remain the same, with
the
exception of whatever the last page is since it is a work
in
progress. My link checking script will be able to find my
reciprocal link easily since it's url location at your site
never changes. Of course, there are the infrequent times that
a
link could actually move up in position to a lower page number.
For example, if a link on page 1 is deleted then the top
position link on page 2 moves to be the last position link
on
page 1, the top position link on page 3 moves to the last
position on page 2, etc. The same will occur for all subsequent
pages. This does not happen very often, and if you are trading
honest links with each other, may never happen unless a site
closes down.
Listing your reciprocal links in order of "Oldest Links
First"
is a much fairer and honorable way to treat your link partners
since your oldest, and most loyal partners, will always be
nearer the top of the list in the order they exchanged links
with you. Your linking partnership with other webmasters should
always be honest.... and fair.
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Harold Stone is the co-founder of Honest Links. Honest Links
is a community of webmasters who have agreed to exchange quality,
visible links to increase traffic to their sites. http://www.honestlinks.net
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