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Link Exchange Directories and Tools

Exchanging Links can be a tiresome task. I've put together a list of website link exchange programs and tools that I have used in the past to make the link exchange process a bit smoother and faster. I've also added in a quick summary of each of these resources based on my personal experience with them, so you can decide at a glance if they are for you

Link Exchange Directories

All of these are free to use. Some of them also have optional paid memberships.

Top Pick! Link Market
Membership: Free to join and make requests of up to 10 links per day.
Features: Highly organised Link Directory with a neat shopping cart facility allowing you to request links with a single click. Email notification of link requests, link verification, accept or reject link requests with one click of a button.
Paid Features - For a payment of $18.95 per year you get unlimited link requests, access to your link history and ability to sort potential link partners on different criteria including Google PR. A payment of $6.95 per month will get you a sponsored listing with a small graphic of your website, resulting in a higher number of link requests to you.

Info Wizards
Membership: This is free to join
Features: Well organised directory of potential link partners and a free reciprocal link manager. You can browse the directory and request a link by pressing a button.
Paid Features - N/A

Tools to help you check your progress (& compare yourself to competitors!)

Link Popularity Checker - free tool that allows you to type in your URL + up to three other URLS and find out how many backlinks there are to your website. Based on results from Google, Yahoo, MSN, HotBot, AllTheWeb and AltaVista
Google Rankings - Check your rank in Google for your chosen keywords
Google Toolbar - Download the Google Toolbar for PageRank information and more
Alexa Toolbar - Download the Alexa Toolbar for traffic rankings and more

Link Exchange Software

Link Machine - This is the software that I use to manage my links. This software cuts the time it takes to exchange links in half (at least). Links are added to your webpage without the need to do any html coding. There are lots of features such as automatic checking of all your link partners to ensure that they are linking back to you, automated emails, unlimited partners, unlimited categories and sub categories and more.

Link Exchange Directories and Tools