Completely lost in linking.
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Hi Guys,
Really new to SEO, but i'd like to think learning quickly. The question:
I really want to build up the linking profile for our website but I don't really know how to go about it. We have many good relationships within the industry and i'm sure I could obtain some reciprocal links. The things is - where do I display the links on our website? I could create a 'hidden' page for purely links, but is this a bad practice and frowned upon?
Also is this the best way to obtain good, authoritative links? I am assuming that linking to people with a root authority of 30/40+ would be beneficial. Or am I just plain wrong/out of my depth?!
Honestly any help at all would be so appreciated.
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There has been a long-time recommendation of 100 links or less.
I honestly don't pay any attention to the number of links on a page. Most of my sites have way more then 100 links on a page. And, I have some pages that are resource lists - for example, linking out to employers in a certain category. I have pages like that with hundreds of links per page and they rank #1 in google with better than moderate competition.
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Thank you for the reply EGOL. As I should have guessed, you need to be a bit more creative than 'give me a link'. I appreciate the ideas you have put forwards and luckily they are ones I will be able to implement, kicking myself a bit that I didn't think of them myself.
Just one point, are there a maximum number of links you can have on a page before Google start frowning?
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Some ideas...
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if you have a blog you could write a post about one of their products, maybe they would like to write the post... then you write a post for them and they feature you as one of their customers/retailers
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if you have a category page featuring their products and they have a great demo page you could place a link on their category page.... they could link to you on their page saying "buy it here"
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you could make a page that lists all of the important brands that you carry
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on my site I have links to "service providers" on an "about us" page... I thank some service providers on that page... maybe they would do that for you
Before you go out asking them for links, examine their site to see if they link out already. You might be able to get a link on their "dealers" or "support" page just for asking - especially if you are one of their better customers.
If they have a blog you could offer to write a post on a topic that would please them.
If you have demo material on .pdf documents, xls, ppt, etc give them the .pdfs and say "post them on your site"... then each .pdf has a link to your site nicely placed as an attribution. Those documents are not web pages but they accumulate PR and pass link value.
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