If I join Top Link Gold how fast will links show up on my website?
Instantly. The code that you place on your link page will pull the link category from Top Link Gold. The category listing will pull the links from us also.

Will it use my bandwidth?
No. Top Link Gold will supply the bandwidth for the link category listing and links as part of your membership.

Why should I have incoming links?
Search engines rank your site not only by it's content but also by how many inbound links you have. The more links the higher your ranking score. As a comparisson, most sites have less then 10 inbound links. The chart below may help you. You can see how well inbound links work.

How long will it take me to be up and running?
It takes on average 10 minutes. You fill out the membership form and start your subscription using PayPal. Once completed you sign in and can add the code to your links page. After adding the code you submit your websites to the database.

When will I see my page ranking increase?
That will depend on the search engines. You should see an increase of inbound links in days. Your page ranking will jump accordingly. Within 3 months the search engines will have indexed all the sites and yours will show all the inbound links that we have supplied.

How does Top Link Gold differ from other link exchange services out there?
Current link exchange programs only list your site on their link page. You only get one inbound link and you are expected to advertise them. You have one link and they have many. With Top Link Gold you get many inbound links and we take care of the rest. You do not have to submit link requests to our members for we do it for you.

Does Top Link Gold adhere to the major search engines guidelines?
Yes. We do not promote cloaking, text hiding or any other techniques that would cause problems. As you know your agreement states you will keep the link page visible on your site. We also have a team of editors that constintely go through all the websites that are subscribed to us to make sure they keep their sites clean from any such tacktics.

Do you also publish your link page?
No. We do not link our link page on our site. If we did so the major search engines may hold it against our members and we just can not have that. It also stops others from sending YOU spam about services that they may offer.

I signed up for Top Link Gold but my site has been rejected. Why?
Please check our guidelines. You may see that your site violates our terms of use agreement. You can also message the administrator to find out why it has been rejected.

How important are inbound links?
Please do not take our word for it when we say inbound links are important. Check out the following articles on them:
Search Engine Land
Search Engine Watch See section Beginning of the End of SEO
American Chronicle Digital Media Wire
ZD Net
DM News
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