Determining Trade-Worthy Sites
Last post we discussed when trading text links with smaller sites is good and bad. We talked about how some sites are deserving of getting a free link on your site and others aren’t. But how exactly do you make these determinations on which site should have to pay and which ones shouldn’t? While the final answer to that question can only be answered by your own preferences, I can give you a simple template right now.
First of all, it is never a good idea to just give a text link for free right away if you don’t have the space for it. When I was starting my blog, I asked a lot of people for text links. The best answer I ever got from someone was when I was told that I could have a link if I proved myself. Meaning the site owner monitored my blog and checked it regularly to see if my content updates and quality held up. If the site owner was happy after a few weeks, I’d get a link. If not, too bad.
The truth is that this is a great approach to trading text links. A site might look great right now, but what happens if the owner stops adding new blog posts or stops updating? Is the link still one you want to have on your site for free? Probably not.
Of course, you probably don’t have time to check a lot of blogs constantly. So you need to make sure you only accept free blog requests from sites who talk about topics you actually are interested in. This will prevent boring periods of checking blogs that don’t appeal to you.
These are just basics on how to pick out good sites to trade with, but we will go into more depth later. For now, just make sure to be sure a site deserves a text link before giving it to them.
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