Yes pretty much, I have heard people say if you trade links some spiders will recognize that as a reciprocal and it will lower or at least not increase PR. I really don't know about that but any link back to your site from a decent site is a doorway for visitors.

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I think that is a bad strategy as most people who try to exchange links via email never respond because they presume it's spam.

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Link exhange is one thing that I do not pursue for link building. It would have to be a killer link for me to want to exchange this way.

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Depends on your site. Exchanging in-content links with similar sites can be very effective, if not over abused. Test it and see how it works.

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I don't think that Link Exchange is the best solution now for building links (unless you are getting one-way links)

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dunno why but I never trusted link exchanges.

I understand you. Its a simple way of manipulating the system, and is often associated with spam as you usually get emailed to ask about joining in one of them.

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I agree mikey. We usually get with our workplace about 4-5 emails a day asking us to link exchange. Usually they want a sitewide link for a rubbish pr link, or a rubbish pr link for a nothing link. Either way, it's not worth it (despite how much they plead!)

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Yes,

It does help in getting a back link the benefit is that you find lot of sites related to your theme.

But, you must try to get one way links also. That is more beneficial especially theme related that is more beneficial.

I absolutely agree. The vast majority of link exchange requests I receive are delegated to the trash or spam folder. If you do pursue a links exchange email program then I think it is very important to go out of your way to personalize it and also clearly show in your email that you have actually visited their site, why you are requesting the exchange and what benefit it is to them.

Yes, this approach requires more work and while you are likely to send out far less link exchange requests, your success rate should be much hire. Instead of taking a blanket approach, be more selective in the sites you choose and then put more effort into each individual link request.

There are far too many automated and semi-automated link request services and programs out there which has given it a bad name and reputation. I think it has reached a point where the vast majority of site owners do as I do and simply ignore and delete incoming link exchange requests. Correct me if I am wrong?
No question about it. Quality one way back links are far more beneficial but they are also much harder to obtain. I have yet to figure out an effective strategy on how to get quality one way back links to my sites. The first question comes to mind is why would a site owner want to give you such a back link unless you are going to pay them for it or is there another way other than coughing up cash for the link?

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If your site is related with seo and web design then it is obtain one way links through blog commenting. You can get find lot of do follow blogs related with seo and web design and commenting on them can guarantee you a quality one way back link.