Link Snobbery
by Paul Flyer
What exactly is link snobbery?
I myself am very picky about the links I will put on this site whether free, reciprocal, or paid. Am I a link snob? I am very concerned about links being quality, relevant, and of value. All links need to serve the interest of my readers.
In my efforts to build links to my site I have come across the following response from possible link partners: “We only trade links with sites whose link page has a PR of 4 or more”.
Are they being link snobs?
Determining the quality of a link by some means of quantification (in this case, PR) over a means which determines relevance and value, seems to me to be a form of snobbery.
I can easily accept a simple answer like: “Sorry, we are not interested in trading links at this time” versus “Sorry, we are not interested in trading links at this time because your page PR is not high enough.”
The “PR answer” is given out by site owners who are solely looking out for themselves. It would behoove them to think more about their readers. Serve readers by providing them with quality, reliable links of value. In the end, this will be better for a website than simply focusing on PR.
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