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Hi, I just started a new online community, I'm just wondering to where should I go to do a link exchange, can anyone give me some suggestion? My community is about programming.. thanx cscgals for your advice on previous topic :)

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Several members here offered quick link-swap options, but converting those offers into structured partnerships tends to produce much better, longer‑lasting results. Rather than a scattershot exchange, early partners (for example and ) are most valuable when the relationship is turned into a content or integration collaboration that sends real referral traffic.

A practical plan: create three small, linkable assets that solve immediate problems for programmers — a single focused how‑to (solve one common bug), a curated “starter resources by topic” index, and a tiny open‑source starter repo or embeddable badge. Host each at a stable URL and provide a short copy‑paste link/snippet with optional tracking so partners can add it easily and attribution stays intact.

Turn offers of link swaps into co-created items: guest tutorials, co‑branded challenges, or an authored resource that both sites publish with canonical attribution. Outreach targeted at maintainers of relevant GitHub projects, programming blogs, and topical newsletters generally yields higher‑quality, relevant links than broad, low‑relevance listings.

To address the activity/engagement issue raised by , seed the forum with 10–20 starter threads, a clear “how to contribute” post, pinned FAQs, and lightweight recognition (first‑poster badges, weekly highlights). Automated welcomes and a “starter” tag reduce friction for newcomers and make it easier for partner sites to refer real users.

Caveat: avoid low‑quality link schemes and mass paid lists — relevance and engaged referral traffic matter more than raw link count. Measure success with referral visits, signups, and time‑on‑site (simple UTM tags + analytics), and prefer a few strong topical partners over many weak links.

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Member Avatar for Monyet

what else do you usually use to promote your community after you invite all of your friends?

Member Avatar for HLA91

submit to search engines is one way also I have a small coding forum running so if you want we can do a link swap so just PM me if you want to.

Member Avatar for einfoway

You can also go for direct one wau links to directories. Many companies including our company offer direct one way links to your site in range of $10-25 to more then 100 - 600 sites. Its always diff to start as same problem we are facing not sure how to make users start posting i tried many ways like giveing off $$ to max posters etc etc. Working on new plans now lets see if that works out. If you find any other way do let me also know.

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PM me, please, if you are looking for link exchnage with IT-related sites

Member Avatar for einfoway

PM me, please, if you are looking for link exchnage with IT-related sites

i would be instereted. my sites ate einfoway.com bidfreelancers.com

Member Avatar for HLA91

I have a small coding forum for a few friends of mine PM me if you want to link swap.

Member Avatar for EffectiveSoft

I have a small coding forum for a few friends of mine PM me if you want to link swap.

Sent you PM, please, check it.

Member Avatar for binoj_daniel

I have tech portal if you would be interested to share links. Iam offerig it free for now. But soon going to be paid.

Member Avatar for betias

I am starting a new webhosting company, should be live by Monday. I am also interested in trading links.

Member Avatar for guinanie

Webmaster forums is the great place to exchange links to your site. ANother is a link exchange directory with related category.

Member Avatar for betias

I can submit your website to 2,400 search engines and directories free of cost to you.

Member Avatar for binoj_daniel

Can you do mine? Mine is CodeRewind.com, BTW how effective is it?

Member Avatar for guinanie

you can request a link exchange partners through related forums and or through link exchange directory like linkmetro, linkreferral and a lot more.

Hi, I just started a new online community, I'm just wondering to where should I go to do a link exchange, can anyone give me some suggestion? My community is about programming.. thanx cscgals for your advice on previous topic :)

Member Avatar for betias

Can you do mine? Mine is CodeRewind.com, BTW how effective is it?

I believe it is very effective. Most submissions get done with less than 200 errors. And it is re-submitted every 30 days.

Just click on the url in my sig and post your link.

Member Avatar for webconfigure

How to possible your web sites comes to top ranking in 1 month ?

commented: hack into google data center and delete all the results of your competitors and you're done! -1
commented: +1 for gentlemedia's fine comment. -3
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