SEO | Link Building | Ad Exchange

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.

LavaLinx will no longer be providing Page Rank as part of its trading functionality. We feel that Google’s ability to give a quality score to a web page has diminished to the point that it is no longer of value to our users. Although there are still a fair number of webmasters that look to Page Rank as a measurement of a valuing a web page, we decided that supporting a flawed system is not in the best interest of webmasters seeking successful link trading. Successful link trading should be focused on a cached, content page that is relevant and user-friendly.

We are looking into other services that determine the value of a web page and will implement one that best serves this purpose.

We just recently rolled out a number of improvements to the LavaLinx system.

1. On Receiving pages you can see how many backlinks are pointed to each page.

2. On Sending pages you can now see how many links are pointing to other sites. This is really helpful when deciding which pages you’d like to post links on.

3. When creating link trades with the Link Wizard you can now see the number of links on all the Sending pages.

4. You can now delete internal trades if needed. In a dynamic trade scenario both links will be automatically removed. If one trader has a static Sending page they will be notified via an email of the trade deletion.

5. System pages were revamped to be more user-friendly.

In the works

1. Multiple user trade reports for Business accounts

2. Personalized emails for External Trades.

Adam Sorensen talks about a few of the benefits of using LavaLinx.

This podcast contains a simple overview of LavaLinx and touches upon the following:

• A brief overview of Adam’s SEO background
• Why LavaLinx was built
• Receiving Pages
• Sending Pages
• Reciprocal, Triangle and Parallel link trades
• Manually reviewing LavaLinx site submissions
• LavaLinx’ pending patent

 

 Adam Sorensen talks about LavaLinx [6:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (560)

We are pleased to announce the new LavaLinx seo and link trading blog. We’d like this blog to be a great resource for link trading tips, advice and instructions on how to be successful in link trading. We will be posting podcasts that will cover LavaLinx’ core features and cover the most effective ways to build links.