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ned74
Joined: May 29, 2008
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Posted: 05/29/2008 12:44 am
I have created a separate page on our site that is not linked from anywhere where I place links to those directories requiring reciprocal links. Now i think it may be a bad thing because some of this sites may be banned an I link to them. I saw that this page is indexed probably because of some external link to it. What shall I do? Is it enough to set no index or robots.txt in order for that page not to be indexed or it is not enough and I shall delete it? Is there some directories requiring reciprocal links that still are worth submitting?
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 05/29/2008 02:13 am
If they are reciprocating with you, then you can bet your last Adsense dollar that they reciprocating with each and every site that will accept them, however bad, crooked, banned, spammy, malware'd or just plain cr*p.
Most of the above can damage YOUR site - and you can bet your last Adsense cent that they have ALREADY blown the directory out of the SE water: that dangerous link is 99.999% certain to be worthless by Tuesday week (if it wasn't already by last Tuesday)
Why risk your website with a cr*p directory, when there are Quality Directories that do a better job with no risk at all?
I really cannot see why you'd do that! 
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SportsGuy
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Posted: 05/29/2008 03:37 am
I'd say don't bother - stick with directories NOT requiring a recip link.
Check here for a decent starting list of directories.
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ned74
Joined: May 29, 2008
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Posted: 05/30/2008 01:32 am
OK Thanks
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g1smd
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Posted: 05/30/2008 02:22 pm
Having pages on your site that aren't included in the main navigation could also be seen as a problem.
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beth_lk
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Joined: Jun 23, 2004
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Posted: 05/30/2008 09:41 pm
I agree with G - I am not saying you are, but it could look like you are trying to hide something and throw up a flag for your site.
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wallstreeterww
Joined: May 31, 2005
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Posted: 06/17/2008 03:05 am
First of all directories arent as valuable as they used to be, so never reciprocate with a link to your site. It should be inbound only
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SportsGuy
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Posted: 06/17/2008 06:00 am
I'm goign to disagree, wall.
I think that many directories still provide value. By all means, try for one-way inbound links before recips, BUT, a recip link can still be useful in terms of driving traffic to you. That traffic pays off in the form of other links from visitors.
I'd personally prefer one-way links, but I'd take a recip if I thought I would get traffic from the source.
...and there is still value for SEO form recip links - it's much less than from one-way inbounds, but for a new site starting out, they're viable, IMO.
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 06/17/2008 06:19 am
I don't like recips - mainly because of the risk attached; however good the site appears to be, you will always need to check regularly. You should check all your outgoing links anyway ... but the recip is potentially a killer.
I certainly would not recip with a directory - and would not have anything to do with a directory that asked for one. The risk is simply too great; a directory with little enough clue to ask for one, is stupid enough to accept danagerous sites, which you are then sharing a neighborhood with.
Anyway, there's still enough Quality Directories around, just!
BUT, having said all that, a quality, related, reciprocal link, especially for a new site, is worth having. Not just for the SEO value, but direct referrals too!
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SportsGuy
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Posted: 06/17/2008 07:28 am
Anyway, there's still enough Quality Directories around, just!
Bingo - this piint is critical to those looking at the directories for links - always be sure to look to decent ones like DMOZ, JoeAnt, Yahoo, etc.
I agree on watching for shady ones, and your "maintenance" theory sounds good, too, Quad - makes total sense from a workflow POV.
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poojaa
Joined: Jun 26, 2008
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Posted: 06/27/2008 03:28 am
You can add the reciprocal link in the page where the other site adds the link about it. This will help you more.
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g1smd
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Posted: 06/27/2008 04:05 am
Reciprocal linking is mainly dead these days.
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purplesoda
Joined: Jul 22, 2008
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Posted: 07/29/2008 12:38 am
@poojaa:
what do you mean? put the reciprocal links in a "link page", not your home page?
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