kflanagan28
New Member
Hey
Just a question on linking. Most people who work in SEO seem to agree link exchanges are "so 3 years ago". It doesn't take much for Google to not pass on much weight from links in blog rolls, links pages (that sit on links.html/php pages), links in footers etc etc.
But I have still seen and do see sites ranking 1 for keywords with nothing more than throw away links as per above. Granted these links were acquired over the past 3 years and have aged but they still seem to be passing on some link juice.
When asked these days, most SEO people would say linking has to be more progressive and take into account the huge benefit of acquiring links through social activity (although this can still be difficult to manage). But at times it can be hard to acquire a link and completely stay away from actual link pages.
I guess what I am asking is would people cite link exchaning as being a dead technique but still do a little of it on the side as we are still not 100% sure if those links are dead (in terms of passing on rank). Or do people simply not do this full stop.
Only honest answers please
Just a question on linking. Most people who work in SEO seem to agree link exchanges are "so 3 years ago". It doesn't take much for Google to not pass on much weight from links in blog rolls, links pages (that sit on links.html/php pages), links in footers etc etc.
But I have still seen and do see sites ranking 1 for keywords with nothing more than throw away links as per above. Granted these links were acquired over the past 3 years and have aged but they still seem to be passing on some link juice.
When asked these days, most SEO people would say linking has to be more progressive and take into account the huge benefit of acquiring links through social activity (although this can still be difficult to manage). But at times it can be hard to acquire a link and completely stay away from actual link pages.
I guess what I am asking is would people cite link exchaning as being a dead technique but still do a little of it on the side as we are still not 100% sure if those links are dead (in terms of passing on rank). Or do people simply not do this full stop.
Only honest answers please