Greenguy's Board - View Single Post - Your Recip Link Code is GREEDY Mr. LL owner

MadMax · 2004-10-19, 05:36 PM

When I was setting up my recips I did a lot of comparisons and research before I settled on something that worked for me without being too big. I have graphic recips that are used by some, and they're 120x60 buttons (though I frown on those for free sites).

My table/text recips are what I prefer, mostly because SEs like text and they give me the opportunity to control the anchor text of my recip links. I've got no problem with site builders adjusting colors, etc (as long as they still look decent), and I've got quite a few regular submitters that do just that with my recips as well as the recips of many other LL owners who post here. They end up getting 9 recips in a table that's a total size of maybe 500x300. Obviously if any LL owners were being an ogre about this practice these webmasters wouldn't still be doing it. Their pages end up looking nice and clean, and I've still got my anchor text in my recip links. Win-Win.

My free site recips are 184x67 (what I saw as splitting the difference, keeping them narrower than the 200 px that's become extremely common.

I can only speak for myself on this, but I want to generate some branding as well as getting the SE benefits of text recips. If they're so small that they end up either illegible or unnoticed then branding is right out the window.

Also, while no one free site gives me a lot of traffic back from my recips, they all send at least a few hits a month which really starts to add up as the database grows. Obviously I'm not snatching a ton of traffic with my recips, so in my mind they belong above the enter link and there's no harm done.

I'm with Cleo on the niche recips with images, they drive me freakin' mad. The only ones I'll even bother with when building free sites are the ones from PenisBot, and that's because the traffic I get is worth it.

As for sites that I list that aren't conventional free sites, like resource sites, dating sites, etc. I'm happy to accept a short text link as a recip. My big thing is that I want my link given the same treatment as anyone else's recips, and I have yet to hear a single complaint.

Could I be convinced to make my recips smaller if there was a trend in that direction? Sure.

Do I ever see my recips getting much smaller than 150x50? Not likely. The anchor text is just too valuable, and I still want them to be legible. In the end I'm the one drumming up the traffic to begin with, so I think the small amount of traffic and SE position I get from a recip is a small price to pay for a free site builder...and my position on that is the same as it was when I was building free sites but not running a link list.

Just my longwinded opinion.|rasta|

2004-10-19, 05:36 PM	#7
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	When I was setting up my recips I did a lot of comparisons and research before I settled on something that worked for me without being too big. I have graphic recips that are used by some, and they're 120x60 buttons (though I frown on those for free sites). My table/text recips are what I prefer, mostly because SEs like text and they give me the opportunity to control the anchor text of my recip links. I've got no problem with site builders adjusting colors, etc (as long as they still look decent), and I've got quite a few regular submitters that do just that with my recips as well as the recips of many other LL owners who post here. They end up getting 9 recips in a table that's a total size of maybe 500x300. Obviously if any LL owners were being an ogre about this practice these webmasters wouldn't still be doing it. Their pages end up looking nice and clean, and I've still got my anchor text in my recip links. Win-Win. My free site recips are 184x67 (what I saw as splitting the difference, keeping them narrower than the 200 px that's become extremely common. I can only speak for myself on this, but I want to generate some branding as well as getting the SE benefits of text recips. If they're so small that they end up either illegible or unnoticed then branding is right out the window. Also, while no one free site gives me a lot of traffic back from my recips, they all send at least a few hits a month which really starts to add up as the database grows. Obviously I'm not snatching a ton of traffic with my recips, so in my mind they belong above the enter link and there's no harm done. I'm with Cleo on the niche recips with images, they drive me freakin' mad. The only ones I'll even bother with when building free sites are the ones from PenisBot, and that's because the traffic I get is worth it. As for sites that I list that aren't conventional free sites, like resource sites, dating sites, etc. I'm happy to accept a short text link as a recip. My big thing is that I want my link given the same treatment as anyone else's recips, and I have yet to hear a single complaint. Could I be convinced to make my recips smaller if there was a trend in that direction? Sure. Do I ever see my recips getting much smaller than 150x50? Not likely. The anchor text is just too valuable, and I still want them to be legible. In the end I'm the one drumming up the traffic to begin with, so I think the small amount of traffic and SE position I get from a recip is a small price to pay for a free site builder...and my position on that is the same as it was when I was building free sites but not running a link list. Just my longwinded opinion.\|rasta\| Last edited by MadMax; 2004-10-19 at 05:38 PM..