In basic link terminology, a backlink is any link received by a web node (web page, directory, website, or top level domain) from another web node (Björneborn and Ingwersen, 2004). Backlinks are also known as incoming links, inbound links, inlinks, and in

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Value of Linking

One of the tools substantially increase the traffic to your site is backlinks. You don´t believe me? Try me. Send your link and I will publish it in this blog. Unless your site is already bathing in huge traffic volumes, any new link is likely to bring you additional visitors and additional search engine interest.

Having said that you should always keep in mind the quality of referred traffic. The bets are that a lot of traffic will be some sort of garbage: robots, random visitors who will spend a few seconds before moving on.

Why should you exchange links with this blog then?
1) My readers are mostly bloggers, just like you. Get the attention of other bloggers in order to benefit from further links, comments etc.
2) The quality of links will be monitored. This should help to ensure good standing with search engines.