How easy is it to get 100 reciprocal links, 1000 links, 10000 links.

Choose Link Vault - I have sent out emails to many asking for links and get only a small number of replies. Why not have a program that automates the task and even better still is not necessarily reciprocal.

The Link Vault is a PHP or ASP program installed onto your site with some code onto each page that you want links on. The program then adds up to 5 links on each of your pages. You then get given links on other peoples websites based on the Google PR of your and their pages.

The link vault is the new kid on the block - started April 2005. Until now, I have been using the Digitalpoint Coop as one method of getting additional links. Only problem is that the links are rotating, and Google is not so keen on links that are here today and showing somewhere else at the next moment. I have suffered with the Digitalpoint co-op - I have seen initial high rankings drop once Google has realised that the links are rotating.

So when any existing player is not interested in changing, a new player always enters the market.

The link vault has:
  • Permanent links - not rotating like the Digitalpoint co-op
  • You build up your weight based on the Google PR of each page that has links on it.
  • You don't have to have links on every page - on the co-op you have to have links on every page.
  • Weight is based on an exponential formula similar to that of the Google PR, so you get lots more for a PR5 than you do a PR4 etc. I actually helped with deciding what formula to use.
  • Weight gets used up based on the PR of the page that links to you
  • Links are added up to a maximum 20 links per day for any one url - Google prefers a gradual increase in the number of backlinks. Any large increase in links speaks of spam according to the April 2005 Google patent application.
  • You have the ability to add up to 30 url's for Link Vault sites to link to per domain. Additional with the referral system. Each url can have up to 3 different link texts pointing at it at varying percentages.
  • A maximum of 5 of any one link , and a maximum of 20 links on any one domain - means there is not the risk of the Google samesite penalty (too many links from any one site).
  • You can limit links to language (I recommend that you don't limit, so you get the most possible links. Especially while the link vault is only in its infancy).
  • Links and sites are personally vetted by link vault staff.
  • No adult, gambling, weapons, pharmaceuticals, spam, general website directories, 'offensive' websites.
  • Must be legal products, suitable for family audience, recognised by the main search engines, main index page recognised by serach engines.
  • Links are first added to sites in your category - based on the dmoz top level categories. Then links are added to other sites within the Link Vault.
  • You get credit for the best PR of 20,000 of your pages - Digitalpoint used to be 4000, but as of 28/4/05, changed to unlimited.
  • Every site you add to your account gets treated as a referral (see below). I was instrumental in getting this feature added. Previously it was only on actual referrals.
  • You can specify that you don't get links from sites on your account to each other - this is important so that your sites don't get treated as being the same site by Google - in this case only only site would get shown for a query.
  • The Link Vault is constantly developing - many of the features that I have asked for have been given. I am very active on the Link Vault forum.
  • You get shown the Link Vaultage that has been used for each of your pages receiving links (added 28/4/05) - this is very useful in deciding when to stop adding links.
  • Links are given to you in as fair a method as possible - PR0 links first, then ever increasing.
Referal scheme

I am very keen to see a similar system to the Digitalpoint co-op where you get 10% referral bonus. But the following is acceptable for the moment.

Level 1 (1 referral) – Vaultage bonus up to 250
Level 2 (2 referrals) – Vaultage bonus up to 500 plus extra extra urls
Level 3 (4 referrals) – List of pages your links have been placed
Level 4 (7 referrals) – List of links placed on your site(s) and where
Level 5 (10 referrals) – Simply up down stats tracking for adverts with brief history
Level 6 (13 referrals) – History graphs to display the past performance of your adverts
Level 7 (16 referrals) – Unlimited URL allowance

So as you can see, I don't get much from having referers. But we certainly benefit from there being more sites on the Link Vault system as it gives more sites for our links to be on.