Giving Awards to Aid Linking - Take Advantage of the Human Ego
Everyone likes to be a winner!
Instead of requesting a link exchange, notify (quality) sites they have won your “best
Send them the code they need to put on their page to display the award, including a link back to your site. Because of “ego”, many webmasters will add the link (I mean award) to their sites.
Giving an award is far more effective than asking for link exchanges. And all you need to do is spend just a little time to create an award graphic (or have it done for you).
Also, put a form on your site to have folks submit their site for your award review. If accepted, send them your award code, containing a link back to your site.
If you’re selective, you’ll have high quality sites linking back to you.
Awards can be as simple as adding some stars or smiley faces before the link. You can rate them by giving 4 or 5 stars/smileys, etc. But be sure to give them a good rating.