1. Does the plugin create link pages and/or directories in my blog?
The Lavalinx plugin does NOT create link pages or directories. It uses your current posts as potential Sending Pages (Pages that links can be placed on).

2. What is a Receiving Page?
A Receiving Page is a page or post that links will be pointed to. It receives links.

3. What can I do to get the most benefit from my Receiving Page?
When creating your backlink make it a contextual link with your targeted keywords as the anchor text. For example if your targeted keyword is pet care you would make your link something like this: Find out how proper pet care is essential to your pet’s health. Also don’t forget to properly tag your Receiving Page. The Lavalinx plugin uses your tags to find other relevant posts, so that you can make a relevant link exchange.

4. Can I opt out my posts from being Sending Pages?
Yes, just open up the post for editing in WordPress and click on the “Hide from lavalinx” box, usually at the bottom of the right column.

5. What happens to my link exchanges if I delete or deactivate the plugin?
All link exchanges will be removed from posts on your site and the sites that you have traded with. However, all link exchanges will be saved in Lavalinx’ database in case you reactivate the plugin.

6. How long does it take for a link to be posted?
When  trade is accepted links are automatically posted on the blogs involved in the trade. The API only communicates every 10 minutes or so with plugin, so links may take up to 10-15 minutes for posting. Also, some sites may have caching functionality that will take links even longer to post.

7. What do I do if I never see my link posted on the trader’s site?
Wait up to 24 hours because some sites may use caching functionality. If you don’t see your link up after that, delete the link trade.

8. Can I trade with a site that I have previously deleted a link trade?
Yes.

9. Where are the links posted in the blog post?
Links are placed just above the comments area of a post.

10. How does Lavalinx find relevant posts for trading?
Lavalinx looks at the categories and tags of Receiving Pages and matches them up with Sending Pages on other sites with the same categories and tags.

11. Can I manage multiple blogs with the Lavalinx plugin?
The Lavalinx plugin is made to work with one blog at a time. However, you can manage multiple sites with a Lavalinx account.

12. How many sites are in the Lavalinx network?
We’ve only just recently released this plugin, so the network currently has hundreds of sites. The network is growing fast, however, because SEOs are finding that they can get guestpost quality links without having to write guestposts.

13. What happens if I edit my backlink information on a Receiving Page and the same Receiving Page is used in a number of trades?
The contextual backlink information will be automatically updated on all blog posts that have a backlink to you.

14. Can I make multiple trades with the same site?
No. Once you’ve made a trade with a site all posts from that site will no longer show up for trades. If for some reason you want to move your link to a different page, just delete the link trade and submit it again with new link details.

15. Does Lavalinx put any links on my site linking back to Lavalinx?
No. When using Lavalinx there are no links or footprints added to your blog that reference Lavalinx. You can link to us if you like our service though.

I will try to update this list with new questions as they come in. Leave a comment if you have specific questions.

As you know there has been a major consolidation of social sites over the last couple years. Facebook and Twitter have risen to the top leaving a bevy of social sites clamoring for footing in an ever changing social world.

Anyway, I have gone through and cleaned up a number of social sites in Lavalinx that are either completely gone, or are no longer maintained. In the next few days I’m going to be adding over 60 dofollow social sites to Lavalinx. If you know of a dofollow social site please let me know about it. adam [@] lavalinx.com

A few of you may have noticed an error pop up when adding a new site in LavaLinx. It usually looked something like this:

“ERROR: You must enter a valid domain name”

The error was occurring on normal domains if the user didn’t strip out all http:// and also the trailing slash. We’ve corrected this error so you can include the entire URL and progress onto the rest of the domain setup. However, it will still alert you if it believes the domain isn’t a valid domain. If you get this message and you believe it is an error, make sure there are no spaces within or after your URL.

LavaLinx is still in development stages, and it’s feedback from users like you that make all the difference. If you have any ideas or suggestions on how to make our product grow, or if you’re having any issues you’d like us to look at, feel free to drop it in the comments below.

Lavalinx rolled out a major upgrade this week, making it easier than ever to get relevant one way links for your site or blog.

Here are a few of the major upgrades:

1. The whole front-end website was redesigned with a more bold look-and-feel that covered a number of important usability issues. Now whether you represent an SEO agency, or if you just have a personal blog there’s an easy to follow path to signup. In fact, we have signup calls-to-action all over the website, so there shouldn’t be any problems signing up for an account.
2. The core functionality in Lavalinx for advanced link trading and social bookmark management and exchange has been an extremely effective SEO tool for those that got their sites set up properly. However, getting a site setup properly has been a challenge. We spent the last couple months developing a setup wizard that makes it easier than ever to get your site set up for advanced link trading and social bookmark exchange.
3. We’ve added an Automated Trade Suggestion tool that makes finding relevant link partners easier than ever. Why? Because our comprehensive algorithm does it for you. Based on tagged pages we can find the most relevant reciprocal, triangle and parallel link trades. Just keep your pages tagged properly and we’ll keep finding the most relevant trade scenarios.
4. We’ve totally revamped the way social bookmarking accounts are managed making it a simple process to setup and manage your accounts. We’ve also differentiated between social bookmarking sites that can be used in trades, and ones that can be used for private or personal bookmarking.
5. We are now offering a WordPress plugin that will “talk” to Lavalinx allowing bloggers to more easily manage Receiving and Sending pages and Social bookmark pages.
6. We fixed a number of bugs and made a number of smaller improvements

We are constantly looking at ways to improve and innovate the link building process. We appreciate your feedback.

We recently rolled out a few major upgrades to LavaLinx that we’re really excited about. Here’s a few of the things that were added.

1.    External trade process

• Sending Domain: At the beginning of the external trade wizard we ask for the domain of the site that will be sending you a link. We also check to make sure the domain name is valid. The reasons why this is the first step in the external trade process is because
  1. if we already have that domain in our external trade database most of the link information for that domain will be populated in the link wizard automatically
  2. if you have already made a trade with that site, you can be made aware of this fact before you go through half of the linkwizard
• Form URL: Now when making an external trade you’ve probably noticed that we’ve added a few steps. We found that 30-40% of external link trades are made through an online form, so now you can store the form URL. This will make it easier to follow up on trades made through a form.
• Email Checker: Each email address added is checked to make sure it is a valid working email address.
• Tagging: At the end of the external trade wizard we’ve added tagging functionality for sending and receiving site pages. Tagging pages will help LavaLinx users to find the most relevant web pages in link trade scenarios.

2.    External sites – Every time an external trade is made, the site will be stored in a way that will allow you to use it in trades with your other sites more easily.

3.    External Trade Directory – Now has search functionality for finding the most relevant sites to trade with.

Here are other major projects that we have in the works

1.    Automated Trade Suggestions – Lavalinx itself will be able to propose trades to you that match the themes of sites and/or pages.  This functionality will serve a two-fold purpose:  1) it will allow link traders with no time to still be able to take advantage of the system, and 2) it will allow less savvy link traders to make the right types of trades without the struggle of learning all of the SEO rules before trading.

2.    Social Bookmark Management and Exchange – You will soon be able to do much more than simply bookmark your own pages or articles in a couple of your favorite social bookmarking sites. Cross your fingers, we may just revolutionize the SMO (social media optimization) industry.