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Reciprocal Linking Method TipsThis reciprocal linking method tips page should be read after our Reciprocal Linking Method page. On this page we suggest a few ways to tweak your link pages to improve them a little. Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 1 Become An Arelis Affiliate We make no apology for putting this tip first. After all, this is a small businesses site and we can't bear to see people leave easy money on the table! This one really sits right at the top of the category, 'no-brainer, can't-loose, just-do-it' The Arelis affiliate program is as good as you would expect from a top software company. It is very generous, unbelievably simple and works. Here's how to get started. In 'Arelis' , 'create link pages' , 'step 2' , click the button 'about the affiliate program' , read the page and click 'click here to join our affiliate program' , 'fill the form' , very soon you will be given your affiliate code which you place in the box next to the button you clicked earlier named 'about the affiliate program'. Now every time your links pages are seen, your Arelis link will be shown also. If someone buys as a result of your link you will be paid well. If anyone can think of an easier way to slide Internet money off the table and into the pocket than this, let us know! Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 2 Become A Google Affiliate We have said this before and because it works so well with SBI we will probably say it again. When your site has 20+ content pages and 20+ links pages, monetize the whole show by putting 'Google AdSense' adverts on each themed-link page. Google LOVES themed pages. Google's AdSense is a revolution in web site monetization. It's a tailor-made way to monetize your SBI! or any tightly themed site! Rarely will a custom-made solution be dropped into your lap (let alone from the Net's smartest company), just begging you to capitalize. It is child-simple to put on your site and free to join. Ride Google AdSense for all its worth. To get THE word on how to get the most from AdSense... You wouldn't believe the excuses we have heard for why webmasters don't get it. We even had one guy say, "He didn't trust Google!!!" Well we trusted them and now they trust us, to cash a big fat check every month! (We never let them down) Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 3 Getting To Know Your Link Page Template If you are new to editing html code, it would be a good idea to create a new page template just to play around with, just like the first one. Simply select the correct one when building your link pages for uploading later. Let's clear up a major source of confusion first though. The original templates you first made called 'sbi-template.txt' and 'sbi-template.html' are used by Arelis as the basis of the working templates which we are going to work with now. The originals will only need to be used again if you want to make another working template, using 'create new link page template'. Don't be scared of HTML.
In 'Arelis' , 'create link pages' , 'step 1' click button 'Open Templates Directory' , 'double-click' the latest link page template which you are using (or your new 'play' template) , this will show you the code used to create all of your link pages. This code can be regarded as two different 'blocks' of code (from html to /html). The top 'block' of code is used to create the 'link index' page and the 'bottom' block is used to create the pages with the actual links on them. So it follows that if you want to alter something on the 'link index' page only, then just change the relevant code in the top block. Let's try adding a headline to the 'link index' page. The main Arelis code has been added to the original 'sbi-template.html' between the original < font > tags.
If you now save this code and create your new set of link pages you should see your new headline on your link index page in your local browser. (No need to upload at this stage) How about adding your Google Adsense code between your new headline and the Arelis link code? Go back to your 'play' template and add (for example) - <TABLE align="right" width="468"> If this looks good in your local browser when you create your new link pages, try adding it to all of your other links pages. Just insert the same code immediately in front of the new Arelis code in the 'bottom' block of code. Still looking good? Keep playing until it's right. In this manner you can change just about anything and the links should still appear properly when you add them. Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 4 'Tidy Up' Your Affiliate Links Some affiliate links go on forever and we think look poor in the status bar when visitors hover over the link. Follow these steps to make the status bar always read 'Small Businesses Links' (or anything else you wish) when every link is hovered over. In 'Arelis' , 'create link pages' , 'step 1' click button 'Open Templates Directory', 'double-click' the latest link page template which you are using (or your new 'play' template) , this will show you the code used to create all of your link pages. Replace all '<a href="[A-LINK-URL]">' tags with this code -
In the code above, replace '**Link**' with anything you want to appear in the status bar. We used 'Small Businesses Links' to help to promote our sites main keywords. 'Save' this new code and build your link pages as before. Check your changes in 'local browser' to be sure you have the correct effect on all links. With the current version of Arelis (Ver.4.4.2) this will affect all links. Later versions are planned to allow you to select specific links only for this treatment. Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 5 Add URL To Your Links Because step 3 makes it more difficult to see where the links are destined to go, we add the full URL of the link to the end of the description. This has to be useful to our visitors and helps to impress potential link partners. Either simply add (copy/paste) the URL details to the end of the description in Arelis. Or if you prefer the Google look with the URL in smaller green text, Add the following line after the [A-Link-Description] variable in the 'bottom' block -
This does mean you won't be able to use the banner box for banners. If this is a problem you could use the 'found url' (and associated tag) box instead. View our links pages to see what we have done and note what is showing in the status bar when you hover over the Title. Why not view our code to see how we put it together? Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 6 Add URL To Your Links (method 2) If you don't have many affiliate links (or you don't care who sees them) you may like your links to look like the links in Google, with the link URL on a separate line below the Description. To save space on the page it is also quite common now to make the URL text slightly smaller. This is how it is done in Arelis. In 'Arelis' , 'create link pages' , 'step 1' click button 'Open Templates Directory' , 'double-click' the latest link page template which you are using (or your new 'play' template) , this will show you the code used to create all of your link pages. Add the following line after the [A-Link-Description] variable, And if you want the URL text Google-green add this after the [A-Link-Description] variable,
'Save' this new code and build your link pages as before. Check your changes in 'local browser' to be sure you have the correct effect on all links. Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 7 Put Information Into Your Link Pages Header To make your links pages search-engine-friendly, you should have relevant data in the Title, Description and Keywords tags in your page headers. Don't worry if this sounds complicated. If you have made it this far you shouldn't have much trouble. Just remember to test your work in your local browser before uploading your pages to be sure all is well. This is where all the treasure is stored, Here you will find a list of all of the variables, which you can include in you templates and a short description for each. We have already used some above, so let's finds a good use for some more. Open your latest link page template as in 'Linking Method Tip 3' above or start another template to play with, until you understand what is happening here. You remember that the code on this template is divided into a top section (used to make the 'links index' page) and a bottom section (used to make the actual page with the links on). Also remember this is how we did our pages, yours may be slightly different but the methods still apply. Let's start in the top section and put a good title into the 'Title tag' for the 'link index' page. Just below the first <HEAD> you should find <TITLE></TITLE> We filled in the bit between the 'Title tags' like this,
This inserts the bit between the 'Title tags' on your link index page. We repeated this for the description, to put many relevant keywords into the 'Description tag', like this,
We repeated this to put the category names into the 'Keyword tag' (using some of those variables) like this,
Note the 'comma' inserted in the code above, this is needed to put a comma between each category name. Note also the 'small businesses' put in last, this is needed (any keyword would do) to make the keywords list end without a comma to keep the SBI uploader happy. Keep to the SBI rules for these tags (find them in the Site Build It PageBuilder), and check that the source code looks ok after you have saved this template and rebuilt your links pages ready for local viewing. Only upload your new pages when you are certain that all is well, and then re-check your 'live' pages using 'view' , 'source'. Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 8 Put Information Into Each Link Page Header Let's move to the bottom section on your template now and put a good title into the 'Title tag' for all of your other links pages. Just below the second <HEAD> you should find <TITLE>[A-Sub-Category-Name]</TITLE> (Ours was prefilled with the [A-Sub-Category-Name] variable) We filled in the bit between the title tags like this, This makes the title 'relevant' to each different link page by inserting the sub-category-name into the sentence in the title, for each different page. We repeated this for the description to put many relevant keywords into the 'Description tag', like this,
We repeated this to put many relevant keywords into the 'Keyword tag', like this, Now you understand what is possible we are sure you will be able to produce the effect you require using these methods. Again, only upload your new pages when you are certain that all is well, and then re-check your 'live' pages using 'view' , 'source'. Reciprocal Linking Method Tip 9 Don't use a separate page to put your proposed links on. Many webmasters use a page called 'newreclinks' to first show the link on, and then if accepted for a link exchange they then move the link to a more permanent page. This has a few things against it, 1. as soon as you move the link, automated links software will see your link disappear and remove your link from their pages. 2. If you don't show the link on it's final page webmasters won't be able to see the page rank of the page with their link on it. Try SiteSell Products For Free
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