How to get good
reciprocal links
Have you wondered
how those beautiful
people get scores of 99
and 100 as you open
HubPages each day?
They work hard,
building up links and by
creating good content.
Getting people to link to
your hubs can be
difficult - this hub
suggests an easy way
using the goodwill and
co-operation of fellow
hubbers.
More and more social
bookmarking sites are
imposing conditions on
fair usage, mainly to
avoid spam (here, the
promotion of your own
websites). Additionally, it
is becoming increasingly
unethical to promote
your own material such
as your recent hub.
StumbleUpon, for
example, imposes a limit
on the number of times
you can stumble the
same domain (currently
10). How useful would it
be if you could get
others to do you a
favor , and you would
do the same for them?
StumbleUpon adding a
link (new discovery)
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This is where you find
the "thumbs up/down"
feature in the
StumbleUpon/Firefox
menu bar. The "thumbs
up/down" feature in SU
is the method of posting
a link or discovery - not
the same as HubPages's
where it is part of the
peer-review mechanism.
Having clicked the
thumbs up, the panel
indicates that this is the
first time anybody has
stumbled that web
page. Complete the
review, add some tags if
you wish and state
whether the content is
"adult" or not.
Comment to hubpages
Hubpages can see that I
have added the
StumbleUpon link (I
have actually discovered
the Backlinks page - I
didn't actually Digg
since I would prefer to
ask hubpages if that
was OK).
Here is how this project
works - you leave a
comment below,
including the following
information:
Social bookmarking
memberships and
user names
Link to your hub
Whether you will
only accept the first
response, or whether
you will reciprocate
with multiple
responses
For example:
[hubpages]
I'm a member of
StumbleUpon,
Facebook [username
hubpages; network
London]
and Digg [usename
hubpages]. Anyone
want to swap
reciprocal links with
any/all of those? My
hub is:
http://hubpages.com/
hub/Project-Backlink
I will reciprocate with
all responses.
My thanks in advance,
hubpages.
Ensure you enter
carriage returns [your
largest key with the left-
pointing arrow] before
and after the url(s).
Otherwise hubpages's
url generator gadget
might corrupt your url.
Having done that, you
might respond:
[pjdscott]
hubpages - I'm in
StumbleUpon and Digg
and will promote you
there.
Did you Digg this
already?
If not, I will do it.
Please Stumble and
Digg my hub:
"http://digg.com/
business_finance/
Online_Banks_
Interviews_with_
customers_opinion_
and_reviews
Great to link,
pjdscott
Both hubbers race to
their agreed social
bookmarking sites and
promote as agreed,
remembering to click
through once (so the
other can see when
viewing the day's stats
for their hub). S/he
then returns to my
"Reciprocal hubbers"
hub and leaves a
comment, listing the
places s/he
bookmarked:
[hubpages]
"pjdscott - have linked
to your hub Online
Banks on StumbleUpon
and Dugg:
http://
www.stumbleupon.com/
url/hubpages.com/hub/
Online-Banks-by-Peter-
Scott
Hope you like it and
good doing business
with you.
hubpages
Having added the
agreed links, pjdscott
then posts his final
message:
[pjdscott]
"Hi hubpages,
I have Dugg and am
delighed to have
discovered you on
StumbleUpon:
http://
www.stumbleupon.com/
url/hubpages.com/hub/
Project-Backlink
Many thanks,
pjdscott
StumbleUpon
instructions
When you Stumble
["thumbs up"] a page,
you discover it (if
nobody else has
previously Stumbled it)
or you simply add it to
your favorites. The
former is easy - a box
pops up and you write
a few words about the
site.hub. However, if
someone else has
already stumbled it and
you want to write a
review, then goto your
"Favourites" tab and
"Favorites » My Blog"
will appear. Below this,
there are several links
and the middle link
should be "Pages
Liked". This will list your
discoveries, but also
pages that have been
discovered by someone
else. Underneath the
title/url of the relevant
page, you will find a link
to "# review(s)". Click
this and add your
comments. That way the
hub/link gets maximum
exposure and credit.
By posting comments
on this page, not only
can hubbers see who is
reciprocating, but can
see how quickly and
efficiently a hubber
responds. If your
reciprocal request
happens to get two or
more hubbers
responding, then you
are obliged to
reciprocate with all (you
can post the same
message detailing all
reciprocal adds, as long
as each is clearly
identified).
It is helpful if the
comments are
somewhat extended,
referring to an issue(s)
within the original
article. This helps to
expand the keyword
relevance, and also
assists the search
engines in assigning
importance when they
visit to ascertain the
ranking.
Adding a photograph
in StumbleUpon
A picture is worth a
thousand words - this
old adage is even more
true on the internet. If
you want people to stay
within a site, add
images! In SU you place
your mouse over the
image and then right-
click, or if you're an
Apple Macintosh user,
press control and click.
This should result in a
new dialogue box when
you can add comments
about the blog or
review.
Caution
While there are an
increasing number of
social networking sites,
some employ methods
to stop what they see as
spamming. Therefore
spread your friends'
promotions carefully
and continue to
promote other things as
well.
Remember (few of you
need reminding) that
Digg will penalize you if
you promote a site
listed as being owned
by you. Never, repeat
never, list your own
sites (in your "About"
section) if you intend to
Digg them - get
somebody else to do it
for you!
Finally, many social
bookmarking sites offer
the opportunity to
become "friends". I
suggest you always wait
until you have
communicated with
someone - don't press
the "friends" button
without previous
contact since many
users see that as spam.
StumbleUpon adding a
link
If you give a thumbs up
and the "You've made a
discovery" dialog box
does not appear, you
have to review it via
your "Favorites".
When you find your
discovery, click the link
stating "# review".
Now click the large
green button marked
"Review this page".
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