Manual Submission Link Popularity Search Engine Secrets Webmaster Tools Check if URL is listed Newsletter Free Shorter URL Web site Promotion - page 2 3. Exchange links with other sites. As mentioned before, link popularity is considered an important factor by many search engines to achieve a high ranking ,so you would want your link on as many other sites as possible. Links from sites related to yours are also given more weight by the search engines so you should try to get your link on such sites.
People move from one site to another through links.
A well placed link on a site that attracts the same visitors as yours can be a great traffic generator. If you want to find sites to exchange links with, check out who's linking to your competitors and try to exchange links with them. Keep in mind that a link exchange should be beneficial for both parts. Join a banner exchange program. Banner exchanges gives you an opportunity to advertise for free on other sites.