Once you are ready to start exchanging links with other Web sites, it is best to look for sites that are in same general category as your site. The accepted method of obtaining reciprocal links is to use search engines and directories to find sites that you would like to link to. Create a list of Web sites and send an email to each Webmaster, complimenting their site, and asking politely if they would like to trade links with you. You should also include URL of your ‘Links’ page so they can see where their link will be listed. Once you have agreed to exchange links, you should also send each other brief descriptions of your Web sites to be included with link.

Free Link Popularity Check Knowing how many Web sites link to you is a key factor in monitoring your link popularity. Sencia's Internet Marketing team uses 'Link Popularity Check' on a monthly basis to check number of Web sites linking to www.sencia.ca as well as our clients Web sites.

There are several freeware programs available that check link popularity of your Web site. You can quickly find out how many people link to your site, how many sites link to your competitors and how you compare to other popular sites.

To find Link Popularity software, simply go to your favourite search engine and use "Free Link Popularity Software" as your keyphrase.

In other words...

Lets say I just found 4 sites that I want to exchange links with, I would do something like this...

Site #1: I would submit (www.yoursite.com) Site #2: I would submit (http://yoursite.com) Site #3: I would submit (www.sub-domain.yoursite.com) Site #4: I would submit (http://sub-domain.yoursite.com)

Now I'm promoting my site with 4 times power than before!

But don't stop there...

Do you write articles? How about committing 2 of your links to every article. Change them up with each article.

Ex:

Article #1 (How to Submit Your Site to Search Engines)

Try adding www.yoursite.com www.sub-domain.yoursite.com

Article #2 (How to Market Your Site Twice)

Try adding http://yoursite.com & http://sub-domain.yoursite.com

I hope this small timbit of knowledge gives you edge you need to put your business ahead of game!

Best of luck to you!

Martin Lemieux Smartads - President

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