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Free Automated Link Exchange
Frequently Asked Questions
QUESTIONS
- Why are backlinks (links placed to your website) important?
- How will Free Automated Link Exchange help increase my web site's search engine ranking, and therefore traffic as well?
- Are there any cost associated with joining Free Automated Link Exchange?
- How do I get started?
- Do I need to know programming languages to use Swapwords?
- Are there any restrictions?
- Is this illegal or spamming?
- Is this a FFA or Link Farm?
- How soon can I see results?
- How can I see what my search engine ranking is currently?
- I have many websites - Can I manage them all with one Swapwords account?
- Are there any types of web sites you do not allow?
- What makes Free Automated Link Exchange different from other link exchange services?
- How soon after I register will I have incoming links pointing to my site?
- How do I see the other links that are pointed to my site?
- Do you check the links?
- How is my link directory page going to look?
- Why is my website banned from your network?
- If I modify my website's description, how much time does it take for all the member's to update my listing?
- I am am free member, no-code advertiser, sponsored advertiser, how do I verify the backlinks to my website?
ANSWERS
Why are backlinks (links placed to your website) important?
Links that are pointed to your website are important for two
major reasons: 1. The links will drive more traffic to your website. 2. Major search engines such as Google and Yahoo
will determine that if there is a high quantity of links
that point to your site with your keyword phrase in the text, then you must be
an important site for that keyword phrase. Building incoming links to your
website is the most important step you can take to increase your organic search
engine rankings, and boost your rankings on the major search engines for your
website. Link popularity has been the deciding factor for some time on what will or
will not rank well on all major search engines and directories. The more links
pointing to a website, the more important it is assumed to be by the engines. Each website that
links to yours is like a vote, stating that your website is important to the
Internet. The more inbound links from other sites you have, the better. Exchanging
links is the #1 priority on the list when it comes to search engine
optimization.
How will Free Automated Link Exchange help increase my web site's
search engine ranking and link popularity?
When you become a member of
Free Automated Link Exchange, you will immediately receive hundreds of quality inbound links
pointing to your site from all other sites in our directory. Most search engines
consider inbound links to be a top factor in determining a web site's search
engine position and factor Link Popularity into their relevancy algorithms.
Relevant sites which link to your site will improve your search engine
rankings. There is no one thing that will get you good rankings, but boosting
your site's popularity will give it the edge it needs.
Are there any costs associated with joining
Free Automated Link Exchange?
No, our services are free of charge. To activate your
membership, you simply need to register for an account, create your link
campaign and upload a small snippet of code to your website which you will
link to.
How do I get started?
Signup
free and you'll receive the password in your email. Then login to your account
and start to create a link campaign with your website URL, title and description
that you want to display throughout the Swapwords network.
Do I need to know programming languages to use Swapwords?
Absolutely not! You'll simply upload one small file to your server
which is provided to you in your Free Automated Link Exchange account as you upload all your files
normally to your web hosting account, via your favourite ftp program or
web-based file manager. Then just place a link to this file on your website.
Are there any restrictions?
No. You
can use our system on windows and unix/linux servers.
Is this illegal or spamming?
No, our
directory consists of carefully matched links to ensure that this is fully
ethical and to provide quality content for your website. We accept limited
quantities in any category and concentrate on link publishing sites with high PR
value and valuable page content. Every site is unique and not some design that is
the same on all sites. We take great care in making sure that the links are
relevant to the categories and so the search engines will spider all the
links.
Is this a FFA or Link Farm?
No, all the links
that point to you are from different websites that are "volunteer websites".
These websites are not owned by Free Automated Link Exchange and they reside on different IP
address ranges. A link farm is a web page that is nothing more than a page of
links to other sites, with our system you can add your existing header and
footer HTML to the link exchange directory to match the layout with your
existing website theme, making the link exchange directory a legitimate and
natural part of your website.
How soon will I see results?
Once your site
is live in our network, search engines will pick up your site within one month.
You should see an increase in search engine rankings under your keywords
depending on the search engine/directory (and possibly PageRank). Since we're
adding new sites daily to our network, your search engine rankings should
increase monthly. It takes 4-6 months for the links to become "aged". Most of
our clients see increased rankings on MSN in 21-30 days, Yahoo 60-90 days, and
Google in 4-6 months, due to the aging of links.
How can I see where I'm at on the search engines
now?
Go to http://www.googlerankings.com and enter your keyword phrase
and your website. It is recommended that you do this before registering on our
network and then 30-90 days after to see how many positions you have improved.
Try it and you will be surprised!
I have many websites - Can I manage them all
with one Swapwords account?
Yes, your Free Automated Link Exchange account is enabled for use with
multiple websites. You can manage multiple link campaigns from your account.
There is no limit to the amount of sites you can manage.
Are there any types of web sites you do not
allow?
Yes, we do not allow web sites containing pornography, racist
information, warez downloads or illegal content. We do not allow FFA or Link
Farm sites. Additionally, we do not allow sites that have been
banned/blacklisted by search engines. For a full list of sites that are not
allowed, view our terms.
What makes Free Automated Link Exchange different from other
link exchange services?
Free Automated Link Exchange is different because you will
automatically exchange links with hundreds of other quality websites rather than
contacting other web site owners one by one. Also you cannot cheat with our
technology. Free Automated Link Exchange accounts will not be active if our members don't link to
their directory page correctly. We spider our members on an hourly basis to make
sure all links are in place and done correctly. Other systems can put links on
any page and not link to the link page.
How soon after I register will I have incoming
links pointing to my site?
Once you register, create your linking
campaigns and add a small piece of code to your website, you will immediately
receive hundreds of links back to your site once our spiders verify the
existence of the code on your server, which usually takes 3-6 hours.
How can I see the links that are pointing to me?
Click here to view the
directory and all sites that you will exchange links with once you join as a
free member.
How do you ensure the links are still up on all
these other websites?
Our spider frequently checks the existence of the
directory on all member sites on an hourly basis. If the link to the code file
and/or the code file can not be localised, the member's link is immediately
suspended from being viewed on the network.
How is my links page going to look?
Your default links directory consists of a category list and link
list in each category. Click here
to view how the default directory will look like. You can add your header and
footer HTML to match the directory with your existing page layout so it fits
seamlessly into your website theme. Click here
to see the directory with integrated header and
footer HTML.
Why is my website banned from your network
?
There are many reasons a member's website can be banned from our
network. If you have removed your link from the homepage to your links
directory, if your website's content is unsuitable, if you tried to cheat in
some way your website may get banned. If your website is banned please contact
us so that we can give you the exact reason. Also, spam sites will not be allowed into the index.
If I modify my website's description, how much time
does it take for all the member's to update my listing?
This is where the
power of our automated link exchange system comes into play. Your link is
immediately updated on every member's website instantly! This is because we use the
same universal code throughout our network.
I am a sponsored
advertiser, how do I verify the backlinks to my website?
You can view the
backlinks by browsing the directory at here, surfing the participating web sites, locating the
directory link on their sites and accessing the category you selected during
your link campaign creation.
Sponsored Links
If you do not want to place a link but instead would like backlinks from all the sites on our network, you do have the option of getting a paid listing. Your sponsored link will show up on the first page of your chosen category, at the very top of the page (high profile listing). However, there is only a specific number of listings available in each category, so book your listing now before it's gone.
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