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When it comes to building hundreds of quality, one-way links to your site that stick around and actually bring you the Search Engine Rankings that

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you need, there is no substitute for a Google-friendly 3-way Linking network like Jon Leger’s 3Way Links, or now the new, inexpensive LinkSerp service by David Zohar… But how do you know which one is right for you?

Well, on the one hand Jon Leger pioneered this area. He invented the 3-way network concept and knows Google’s limitations better than anyone else I know. 3WayLinks was the first such network and offers the most ’safety’ for your links, the largest feature set, and of course the biggest customer base. This is clearly all important stuff.

On the other hand, however, LinkSerp gets the same job done at less than half the price. Furthermore, LinkSerp actually gives you an account with 1 Domain’s worth of incoming links (250) for FREE. -Nothing to pay, ever, just 250 high-quality, incoming links to the site of your choice for life!

There are actually many factors that you must consider before picking one of these great networks to build your traffic with, so it would be irresponsible to choose based on price alone. Joining such a network is a major, long-term commitment that you will be stuck with for a long time, so I’d advise you to read this whole page before deciding which is right for you.

What they Both Do:

In case you’ve never used a 3-way linking network before, I’ll start by explaining the whole process just so you see the sheer power and know what they will all have in common.

All such three-way linking networks that I know of require you to pay an ongoing, monthly fee in order to keep receiving the 250 incoming links to each of your websites. First they allow you to pick some keywords that you want to rank well for, and it splits up your allotment of 250 links towards each of those, making them the linking text of your incoming links. (Which is the real ‘currency’ in Google.)

Next, you put a new page on your website for a links page and link to that new page from your home page. (Just one link, anywhere on the index.html page of your site.) In case you were wondering, yes, you MUST have a hosting account of some kind where you can upload files to use any linking service. They give you the file to upload to your server, you only have to set it up the first time and they take care of everything else.

Then, the links start rolling in at a rate between 1 and 8 links a day. For every 1-way link that you receive from someone, the links page on your site gets a link added to it going to some 3rd person’s website.

Finally, after a few weeks you’ll have 250 one-way, incoming links to that site, and your links page will be linking to 250 other websites, but never to the sites that link to you. This results in a very natural-looking set of links that grew randomly over time, just as if you made them the old-fashioned way.

After using a both of these services for 50 of my websites, Each, I have concluded that there simply is no more cost effective way to get incoming links to my many websites, Period. I’m using these services for life, and I have no fear that Google will figure out a way to put a stop to this… Jon’s eBook that I reviewed here months ago, Search Engine Myths Exposed, sums up very well why this is not likely to ever happen.

If they all do all of that, then what could be so different about them?

Lots of things!

For instance, Jon’s network is very strict about what sites it lets in. At the same time, it offers more features, such as a way to see, at a glance, how well the service is working towards your actual rankings in Google.

Meanwhile, LinkSerp lets you choose more keywords per domain to optimize for, meaning that smaller niches can dominate more phrases in a niche market. Pricing structure, too, is very different between them, so although these two services deliver the same end results, they all need to be chosen carefully to fit your particular business model. I’ll hit all the major Issues one by one for you below.

Number of Linking text choices

This is an issue that probably won’t sway your opinion, but is really good to know. 3WayLinks only gives you 3 linking-text choices per domain, split up 60%, 30%, and 10%. This means that you get 150 incoming links with your first keyword’s text as the anchor, 75 links with your 2nd Keyword’s choice, and 25 links for the 3rd keyword. Overall, one 3WayLinks account allows you to rank better in the search engines for 150 keyword phrases in total.

However, the split for Linkserp is much more flexible, giving you 5 choices. 100 links using your first keyword phrase, 75 for your second, 38 for your 3rd, 25 for the 4th, and 12 for the 5th keyword phrase. That’s a total of 250 Keyword phrases you can rank for in Google with one Pro account.

The end effect is that if you are trying to land only 1-3 keyword phrases for your niche, then 3WayLinks can be better, but if you have more keyword phrases, and almost everyone does, then Linkserp is going to give you more selection… And cast a wider net into Google’s stream of traffic.

Size & Stability of Network

Obviously 3wayLinks is a much larger network with many more active members. Their member forums are packed full of helpful users & 7130+ forum posts at the time of this writing. These members seem genuinely helpful and happy to be there, so I would surmise that this is a great, healthy network that isn’t dying out soon.

Meanwhile, Linkserp is pretty much brand new, and faces the same challenges that all new Web 2.0 sites face, which only time will tell if they’ll survive. Even still, with their excellent pricing structure, I am convinced that Linkserp will continue to grow and eat up the market share for all new webmasters simply because it is just as effective as 3WayLinks for less than half the price.

On the upside though, I spoke with the owner of Linkserp and he’s already gotten well over 1,000 members, so there are no worries about getting your 250 links… There certainly are enough people in the system to cover the needs of all new users.

Content Restrictions

Why in the world would 3WayLinks have a problem with a website on Mythology? Christmas shopping? How to get your wife back when she doesn’t love you anymore?

Believe it or not, those are the very topics of three websites I know of personally that were rejected by the 3WayLinks network. The first two were rejected for being “too Religious,” while the third was “not family friendly.”

Yes, I’ve added over 50 other sites without a problem but every now and then some random keywords (such as the word “God” on a mythology site or “Christ” on the Christmas site) will set off their sensors and they simply won’t allow whole websites in because of it.

To date I’ve had no such issues with Linkserp at all. Their FAQs page reads almost word for word what 3WayLinks’ rule on the subject says, but it appears that they have a human making the decision who is much more sensible.

Reporting Features

This is a pretty one-sided issue… Although both systems tell you in real time how many links are coming into and going out of your site, 3WayLinks has the upper hand on reporting with an excellent link-counting panel for each and every one of your keywords… Whereas Linkserp has nothing like that at all.

The 3WayLinks reporting panel is very helpful to let you know how effective your campaigns are. It tells you how high your ranking position is in Google for each keyword. I feel this is a very helpful addition that everyone should be using, so when I asked about it, the owner of Linkserp, David Zohar, assured me that he plans to offer something like it there soon too.

Pricing

Normally I don’t like mentioning prices in my reviews because they change too often, but I’m making an exception today because it will be major factor for most people.

Since Jon knows his system is the first & biggest, he’s charging $47 per month every month. Yes, that’s a lot of money for some, but think about it this way: That account will drive up the rankings for 50 websites that you own. If each of those only makes $1 a day in AdSense earnings (my average sites in there actually make much more, like over $5 a day, but we’ll be conservative) then that’s earning you $1,500 every month. I’d certainly pay $47 to get back $1,500, wouldn’t you?

But again, Linkserp takes the honors on this issue. Accounts at Linkserp are Totally FREE to everyone. Click the link below and you can sign up immediately to receive your free account and get your 250 links to and ONE site of your choice, for life.

It’s when you want to add other domains that you get charged for something. To upgrade from a free account with 1 domain to a “pro” account with 50 domains, it costs a monthly $19.97.

That’s still less than half the price of 3WayLinks, so naturally I expect for everyone who reads this to see the value and run over to grab your free account if not more.

So which is right for you?

Well, the final score appears to be 3-2 in favor of Linkserp. It’s got price, flexibility, and a wonderful lack of content restrictions, while 3WayLinks wins out on the issues of reporting features & network size. Both of those shortcomings I feel confident Linkserp can make up for soon though.

Even still, I urge you to make your choice based on your current & future business plans. It’s all about which issues you feel are important for the operation & growth of your websites.

If you’re just getting started on a limited budget though, you just can’t beat free!

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