Any site - Trade Links with me

[myshtern]

Hey everyone,

Preferably, transportation or automotive websites, but anyone is welcome.

Trade links with my site here:
discreteautos.net/linkman/links.php

Its automated and very simple.

Thanks,
ALex

[John]

added my link.

my site should be back online within a few hrs so i can then added your link soon as.

[Eric]

Well I would have added my site but it appears that the page you listed is not indexed in G.

[myshtern]

Google has definitely indexed my website.
I am a PR3 with huge googlebot traffic.

I just recently made that links page so it might not be indexed yet, but it will be very soon.

[Eric]

Ok cool. You want to exchange with Directory-Z.com?

[myshtern]

Sure, just fill out the form.
If you have any problems, let me know.

[Paul_KY]

IMHO, Be careful with listing your site/s in BS/MOM & POP directories.

[Eric]

Aww come on Paul, why ya gotta be like that?

[Paul_KY]

Ok, perhaps I shouldn't have worded it that way lol. Seriously though, one should be carefull where their links are placed. Perhaps OWG or smeagain can explain it better.

I'm not calling out anyone's directories (I know some here have put a lot of time and effort into their own), but IMHO, one should be carefull when deciding which directories to submit their sites to.

google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html

"Don't participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to web spammers or "bad neighborhoods" on the web as your own ranking may be affected adversely by those links."

The thing is, who really knows what Google deams a, "Bad Neighborhood". We know for sure they like Yahoo and DMOZ, but we don't know how they feel about others. I'm fairly certain Google/Yahoo/MSN takes into account how long a particular directory has been around.

vaughns-1-pagers.com/internet/google-ranking-factors.htm

ezinearticles.com/?Professional-Traffic-Building-Tips&id=15547

"Your first step to building a solid traffic foundation is to submit your site to good directories."

Again, who does Yahoo/Google/MSN, etc. consider, "Good"?

My two cents.

[John]

i see what you mean, but then in my opinion you add exchange links with directories that you think are more usfull to your own site and not to what google think, too many people these days are worried about their serach engine placement than the actual website.