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 A quick rundown of the activation process. For more info, click Link Exchange instructions.
1. Login to your account
2. In the pull down menu under "Manage Selected Domain" section, select the domain you
want to work with.
3. Decide if you want reciprocal or 3-way links.
4. If 3-way link, click 'Upgrade Domain', and choose the 3-way link option. Otherwise,
5. Click 'Edit Domain' menu.
6. Fill out ALL blank fields. The titles are anchor-texts that describe your site.
7. 'Site Link' field contains the site you want partners to link to.
8. Click on "Domain Settings & Code". Turn on the checkbox for 'Auto add new domains'
field if you like.
9. Go to "links page code" field, and copy the code. This code is different for every domain you register.
10. Paste code into a new file and name it as the file in the field 'links page location'.
11. Save that file in your root folder.
12. On you homepage, put a link to that file. (Please be consistent with the use of www)
13. Click "Check & Activate Domain"
14. Once you see 'links page ok' status, your domain is activated.
15. Visit the links page and you will see a directory and some instructions.
16. click on 'Template' menu and you can delete the instructions that appear at your links page. Customize the
links page layout to match the look of your site. Don't forget to put a link to your homepage in the links page.
17. If you did not choose to accept all partners by checking the 'Auto add new domains' box, then Click 'Manage My Partners' menu.
Click on the 'Filter links' button and approve each partner individually.
You can sort by category, or filter partners by keywords.
In the 'Edit Domain' menu, Fill out ALL the title and description fields.
The web site titles are the ANCHOR TEXT that people enter in search engines to find your site.
Please make sure you choose the right anchor text to represent your site.
The system will randomly display these anchor text and description on each page refresh and the search engines will
notice that your link is represented by a group of keyword phrases instead of just a single keyword phrase.
Please fill out 'Edit Domain' fields carefully.
Any change later will reset your site and you will have to get approval from partners again. Please make sure
the anchor text and description entries accurately represent your site. Also, if you will be trading
3-way links, it would be best to upgrade your site at the start instead of upgrading later
after you have acquired a lot of partners. It may not be ideal to start over with acquiring partners
on a minor change.
Paste code in a new page, then edit the layout in TEMPLATE menu of your control panel.
It is important to not embed the code into your own existing web layout template because your template
is a page that has a fixed META title, description, and keyword. When you visit the different category pages,
the same title, description, keywords would appear over and over again which is not desirable. If you paste our
code into a new page, dynamic metatag title, description, and keywords will represent each category page. For example, when you
visit the Art category, the browser title will display "Art". Each Category will display differently.
You can modify the layout in your control panel in the "TEMPLATE" menu.
Edit the TEMPLATE for your directory to match with the layout design of your site.
In the TEMPLATE menu, you can change layout color, links, and other parameters to customize the directory layout design.
Please reserve a link back to your own home page.
Please visit your partner's site before you approve.
It is a good idea to know about the relevancy of the site you are linking to.
Upgrade to use the 3-way link feature.
3-way linking is very powerful if you have more than 1 site. Many people believe 3-way links are more valued
by search engines than reciprocal links. Please visit
3-way link or
4-way link for more info.
Upgrade to get one-way links on all pages.
Your link appears in all pages, not just one page in all partner directory. There is no need to link to any partners. There is only room for 3 sponsors.
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