A lot of people on the internet understand that links are an important part of being found in search engines, what they don’t understand is that some links are more valuable than others.
Jane from SEOMoz came up with a great way to say it.
“Some links are Benjamins. Some are Washingtons. Some are pennies that, even after a year, a whole collection of them will only get you a couple of bucks at CoinStar. It isn’t hard to tell the difference.”
So to elaborate a bit lets take a look at a few examples.
Any link exchanges, or sites that except any links no matter what, are pennies. You can do as many as you want, and you can find them pretty much everywhere, bu they aren’t going to do you a lot of good.
Link exchanges and easy submissions to directories in your related industry can be dollars. Since they are directly related, and not just taking any link, they have a bit more value. Just don’t expect to be a millionaire anytime soon.
Asking for links on sites that are directly related to your industry can very from a few bucks to a hundred. It all depends on how related the site you are getting a link from is and how much authority it has.
Un-requested links are like $20 bills. If someone likes your blog post and links back to you as a reference it’s like free money links. This is why a lot of people say that creating good content is key. The more popular the other site is, the more $20 bills you get.
If one of your posts explodes in popularity, reaching far past your wild imagination, then you just scored $1000!! Otherwise known as link bait These popular items are hard to come across but pay off big time.
One thing to keep in mind is to FORGET ABOUT PAGE RANK. Getting link from a PR1 page that is directly related is worth more than getting a link from a PR4 page that is not related.
In the end, it’s all about having something worth linking to. If your site has no value or no interest to someone else, your links will be hard to get. If you give something of value, you will eventually reap the benefits.
