Judging the value of a link trade

hony · 2008-10-29, 10:18 PM

If you're trading links for SEO -- how do you judge a "good" link, let alone a fair trade? I mean in these days when PR means nothing, and Alexa is meaningless there don't seem to be too many options.

Here's what I do:

I'll take a look using seodigger.com (premium account to show deep urls) to see if a potential link trade is ranking for a) my keywords, b) related terms or at least c) something rather than nothing.

Then I'll take a look at Alexa + Quantize + compete to get a traffic estimate -- if they have enough traffic to get detailed stats on quantize or compete I'll take that into consideration as well. It's rough but better than nothing I figure. I know I said this is for SEO not traffic, but they way I see it if they are not loved by the SE then they don't get no traffic.

So how do you look at it?

Hony

virgohippy · 2008-10-31, 04:19 PM

1) Do I know or can I qualify how much I can trust the person.
2) Am I linking to relevant content.

I don't put much stock in third party analysis.

2008-10-29, 10:18 PM	#1
hony If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 249	Judging the value of a link trade If you're trading links for SEO -- how do you judge a "good" link, let alone a fair trade? I mean in these days when PR means nothing, and Alexa is meaningless there don't seem to be too many options. Here's what I do: I'll take a look using seodigger.com (premium account to show deep urls) to see if a potential link trade is ranking for a) my keywords, b) related terms or at least c) something rather than nothing. Then I'll take a look at Alexa + Quantize + compete to get a traffic estimate -- if they have enough traffic to get detailed stats on quantize or compete I'll take that into consideration as well. It's rough but better than nothing I figure. I know I said this is for SEO not traffic, but they way I see it if they are not loved by the SE then they don't get no traffic. So how do you look at it? Hony __________________ $$$ Webcam programs that earn for me -- YMMV $$$

2008-10-31, 04:19 PM	#2
virgohippy Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little... push. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,679	1) Do I know or can I qualify how much I can trust the person. 2) Am I linking to relevant content. I don't put much stock in third party analysis. __________________ ~Warm and Fuzzy.