Frequently Asked Questions about Surfwebtips Web directory and Link Exchange Service

Web directory

Is it free to submit (register) a web site to Surfwebtips Web directory? • See Demo
Yes, but a reciprocal link (a link from your web site to our site) is needed, or you can get listed for USD$10 one-time review fee!

Why do some listings have a 'Request Link Exchange' link?
Our directory is a human-reviewed combined web/link exchange directory, meaning that some listings are part of our link exchange service. Those listings have a 'Request Link Exchange' link next to their listing.

Why should I submit my web site to Surfwebtips Web directory?
You market your web site and drive traffic to your site. You also get an inbound link, a link from a site outside of your site. The more (income) links pointing to your site the better search engine ranking (such as Google) you’ll get.
Read more: advantages of one-way links explained.

Someone has added your web site?
Your web site has proved to be Surfwebtips material. The domain owner of a web site can always claim their right to edit web site information data at Surfwebtips. If you would like to recieve link exchange requests, you need to login and change your settings.Claim your site

What kind of web sites do I find at Surfwebtips?
You find all kind of English-language web sites listed in more than 50 categories. Surfwebtips is a family friendly Web directory. Offensive material is not accepted. Surfwebtips is a human-reviewed Web directory featuring web site submission and quality listings from around the world. Submitted web sites are manually reviewed and verified by editors. Please read our Terms of service for further details.

How do I find a web site at Surfwebtips?
There are two ways of finding a web site that you like. You can either type in a search term in a field called Search at Surfwebtips (search by key word) or browse a web site by category.

How does the key word search engine work?
Enter the key word or phrase you wish to search for and click the "Search" button. Search by key word allows you to find web sites cross categories. Enter a word or words describing the type of web sites you are seeking. The search engine will search for web site informations at Surfwebtips Web directory that contains your key word. The search engine is pretty simple. If you type in more than one keyword, you use a string of words (instead of two single words) to search with.

Technical
I’ve submitted several different web sites. Can I have the same password for all of them?
Yes, you can have 30 submitted web sites sharing the same password. If you need more, please contact us and we increase that amount.

I don't want to receive link exchange requests or take part in a Link Exchange Process. Do I have to?
No, absolutely not. By default you don't.

Link Exchange Service - The Link Exchange Process at Surfwebtips

For whom?
For those who wants to take part and wants to exchange links with other relevant web sites. Edit your options to take part.

Why exchange links?
Exchanging links is a win/win situation. You and your partner market each other and...

You will naturally increase traffic to your web site. Webmasters who wants to build online relationships - exchanging links with other relevant web sites - will visit your site, deciding whether or not they want their link at your web site.

The advantages of exchanging links are that you market each other. You link to their web site from your site and they link to your web site. You would also most likely improve your page ranking with the search engines. Search engines examine the text you use in your links and put weight on this text when they index your site.

There are many different ways to arrange a link exchange with webmasters. Link building takes time and can not be simply achieved overnight. Surfwebtips is dedicated to help you.

Surfwebtips offer you a FREE link exchange directory. Reciprocal linking means forming partnerships with other site owners who place a link from their web site to yours. You then give them a similar link in return. You find such partners here. Surfwebtips is handling the process of the link exchange, not the actual job of placing links on your web site. Surfwebtips sends requests and checks that your partner continuously link back to you.

How it works

Listed at the Web directory and opted for requests = recieving requests
Link Exchange Account = sending requests

Receivers
You must have a Surfwebtips Web directory account. Login and edit your option "I would like to receive link exchange requests" and start receiving requests. An email notify you new requests. If you don't have a Link Exchange Account, you follow a link that leads you to a 'Place link confirmation page'. Once you have placed your partners link on one of your web pages, and your placement is automatically checked, an email is sent to your partner who places your link at one of their web site pages. If you have an account, you can login and handle all your requests at once.

Requesters
You don't need a Surfwebtips Web directory account. Simply browse or search by key word Link Exchange Partners. Those partners have a 'Request Link Exchange' link next to their listing. Click that link. If you don't have a Link Exchange Account, you need to fill out a form to specify your web site information that you would like it to be on your partners web site. If you have an account, login once and click an 'Ask' button to send a Link request email to the potential partner. An email notify you link exchange invitation responses. If you don't have a Link Exchange Account, you follow a link that leads you to a 'Place link confirmation page'. Once you have placed your partners link on one of your web pages, and your placement is automatically checked, the link exchange process is finished for you. If you have an account, you can login and handle all your responses at once.

Monitoring
Surfwebtips is handling the process of link exchanging from request sending to observing continuously linking between link partners.

Surfwebtips make sure:

Why is this service free?
We are in a start-up phase. We might charge a small fee for new members later on. • See an overview of our service

Is this an automated link exchange program?
No, it's not. We are not holding your links in a database supporting artificial reciprocal link trades. All links are placed by you on your web site. • More readings about Reciprocal Linking

Link Exchange Service - Check continuously linking from partners

Do your link partners still link to you? What can Surfwebtips do for me?
Surfwebtips check continuously linking from your partners. All trades through our link exchange directory are checked once a month (FREE). You can also add partners partnered up somewhere else. Your extra partners is added to a list of yours and are also checked once a month to make sure they are still linking to you. We have designed a powerful reciprocal link management tool to help you in your web promotion efforts.

How does it works?
You simply login to your account, adding your extra partners to your list and our software spider their reciprocal link pages. Warning emails with a 'broken link exchange' repairing instruction can be sent to your partners. No installation is needed.

It's also possible adding partners to your list from your site. Take a look at our scripts and see if there is one that suits you. The scripts can be customized to fit with your site's theme.

What does my extra partners cost?
Up to an amount of 50 partners is FREE of charge! Would you like to add more partners to your list, you need a Full Member Account access and you get it for three months for USD$30 ! It is now FREE! As a Full Member you can add up to an amount of 1000 partners. Would you like to add more partners we charge you $1 additional for each 10 partners.
Create your Link Exchange Account • See Demo

Technical
Can I have more than one web site to a account?
Yes. You can control multiple web sites from one Link Exchange Account.

My Link Status Report says ‘You have quarantined partners'. What does it mean?
We have found broken linkings to you and those are in quarantine. They are in quarantine because of two reasons. Your partners might have been sent a warning email and a 'broken link exchange' repairing instruction and might repair the linking to you within a weeek. Or your partners' web sites didn’t respond, when we were checking their linking. Then their web sites might be temporarily down and up and running at next check.

Can I test each reciprocal link myself?
Yes, login and click 'Link Status' and the 'Update' button for the link your are interested in.

Are my list deleted after three months of payment?
No, as long as you login to your account within two months. When your Full Member Account access expire we don't check your partners linking, no warning emails are sent and you can not add any moore partners (unless you don't add them via our scripts from your web site). You can at any time sign up for a Full Member Account access and we check your partners linking, and you can add new partners again. Some of our members get No Limit action for three months, submitting hundreds of link partners, thereafter keeping their account alive for some months and then sign up again to see who are not linking to them.

Link Exchange Service - For Web directories

Why a Link Exchange Service for web directories?
Do you have a Web directory or a list of partners and do you require reciprocal links for the submissions? Wouldnt you like to know if they are still linking to you? We bet you do! To make it all easier for you, we provide the widest possible array of support services.

How does it works?
You send us your list of your partners URL link location to your web site. E.g http://www.yourPartner.com/theirLinkPage.htm. We simply spider the URLs looking for your link. We send you back a link status report. There is also an extra feature, we let your partners easily repair their linking to you.

What does it cost?
We charge you USD$1 for each 10 partners. The extra feature cost USD$150. • Apply • See Demo

Link Exchange Service - "Exchange Links With Us" procedure

What is this service?
A FREE service that let you have an "Exchange Links With Us" procedure on your web site. We automatically checks that your partner is linking to you before you add their link to your site and support your procedure.

Why do I want a "Exchange Links With Us" procedure?
Many Webmasters want to build online relationships - exchanging links with other relevant web sites and they might find your site useful for their visitors and want to swap links with you so that both of you will be benefitted from visitor's and seach engine view point.

Our service simplify the request process and make sure that your partner is linking to you before you add their link to your site.

How does it works?
You might already have an "Exchange Links With Us" procedure or want us to support the whole procedure. You paste wanted script into one of your web pages. Once your visitors have pasted your link on their web sites and filled out the form, a request is sent to our server checking for your link from your visitor. If you want us to support the whole procedure, we send you an email notification with your partner linking code.

What does it cost?
This service is FREE! In the future you might want a Full Membership and check continuously linking from your partners.
Get your FREE script now!