Do's and Don'ts for Pagerank

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span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"Do's :/spanulliConcentrate on related and important links only. Sheer numbers are no longer important. What's important is that the more popular sites on the Web link to your site, as well as making sure that the links pointing to your site are relevant to your topic area./liliMake sure that your site is listed in all of the major directories: Yahoo!, the Open Directory Project, and LookSmart. Also, see if your site is relevant to a particular About.com area, and submit it to the guide./liliSearch for your competitors. Start visiting the sites that are linked to your competitors, and write to see if they'll consider linking to your site./liliCreate a list of links before you ever contact sites for linking purposes. If the company sees that you've already added their URL to your list of links, they'll be more apt to add your link on their site in return. Again, concentrate on related links only./liliConsider what other fields are related to your particular industry and concentrate on getting links from those areas. You won't want to add competing sites to your links' page, but you probably won't mind adding links to sites that aren't direct competitors. For example, if you have a site that sells needlework kits, you won't want to list other sites that sell needlework kits. However, you probably won't mind linking to sites offering related products, such as sewing baskets, books on needlework, or online sewing classes./liliWhen you visit related sites, look to see if they offer guestbooks or forums. If they do, post a message, and include your URL in your signature./liliConsider setting up separate theme-oriented domains and link all of your domains together./liliOffer a discount of your goods or services for anyone who agrees to post a small graphic on their site that links back to your site./liliCreate a testimonial page, and write a brief testimonial about any Web site that you'd like to get linked to your site. Inform the site of the testimonial, and encourage them to link to the page./liliOr, write testimonials of particular products, and sign the testimonial with your name and URL. Send the testimonials out to the individual companies, and tell them how much you've enjoyed using their products. Many companies will place testimonials in particular areas of their site, and they're delighted to get rave reviews about their products./liliOffer awards on your site, and give out little graphics that link back to your site./liliSet up an affiliate program, which is an excellent way to boost link popularity./li/ul

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Now we come the Don'ts of PageRankbrbrspan style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"Don'ts :/spanulliDon't participate in link exchange programs or link farms. Google will ban sites that participate in link exchange programs, and many of the other major engines have also expressed their dislike of artificially created link popularity./liliDon't use hidden links on your page. Again, many of the major engines frown on the use of hidden links./liliDon't make the mistake of thinking that link popularity isn't important or necessary. A high link popularity is sometimes all it takes to achieve top rankings. It's crucial, in many cases, to the success of an online business./liliIf you create separate theme focused sites for the purpose of boosting link popularity, don't use redirects on those sites pointing back to your main site. Rather, create a mini site at the new URL with several pages of good, solid content, and then visibly link back to the main site./liliDon't bother with free-for-all pages. Generally the only thing these pages will guarantee is an increase in email spam if you participate./li/ul

[SWalkers]

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