Standard Linking Policies

The members of LinkExhcangeHQ.com have several standards that they must abide by, and other standards that are optional depending on each website. Please read these requirements carefully to ensure that any problems are avoided before they become major issues.

Required Standards

1. Reciprocal Linking - A return link must be given BEFORE you want to have a link on one of our member sites. If you are not willing to give a return link, do not request one from our members.

2. One-Way Linking - This is also 3-way linking, etc. One-Way links are available and encouraged, however the site that links to our members site must be of the same ranking in PR and visitor traffic as the site that our member is linking to. This ensures that the exchange is even.

3. Accessibility - Your links section must be connected directly to your web sites home page so that visitors can find our links. This also means that links pages that are more then 3 clicks from your home page are not going to be acceptable.

4. Robots - Your links section must be able to be crawled by search engine robots and not blocked by "nofollow" tags, robots.txt directives or the use of Javascript links.

5. Home Page Links Only - We do not link to internal pages, subdomains or landing pages. Any redirections will be refused immediately.

6. Valid Contact Details - If your contact details are not correct, your links will be rejected immediately.



Optional Standards


1. Quality - Your site must be of a reasonable standard as we don't want our members visitors sent off to second-rate websites.

2. Relevant Links - Be realistic here. Some sites are selective in the links that they will accept, and usually this is reflected in the categories that the webmaster has set up. If you are unsure that your website may not be suitable, contact the webmaster first before requesting a link. The main areas that will cause problems with some members are gambling, pharmaceutical and adult sites. It's up to each individual webmaster to decide if they will or will not link with sites outside of their own areas.

3.Organization - Your links pages should be organized into sections and not in just one long list or in sections such as "Links 22", "Links 23", etc.