SEO Tycoon

**Optimist5** · 12-20-2009, 08:00 AM

I'm doing link exchange with other websites in my industry, but most of the relevant websites I find on Linkmarket are from India and I'm in US. Do you think Google will value less links located on the opposite side if the planet? Should I target mostly US websites?

**chrishirst** · 12-20-2009, 08:36 AM

Depends on what you consider relavant.

**Optimist5** · 12-20-2009, 08:40 AM

What do you mean? Related: if it's in the same industry/niche as my website.

**chrishirst** · 12-20-2009, 08:45 AM

That's not "related" that's exactly the same as.

related is NOT for search engines "related" is for users.

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/the-go...tml#post233085

**Angelosanto** · 12-20-2009, 10:33 AM

Related should mean that if I am on some website in India and I click on a link, then it leads me to a site in the US which is the most likely to be exactly what I was looking for

**blue-dreamer** · 12-20-2009, 11:35 AM

Why would you want to exchange links with an Indian site when you want to target US customers?

**Optimist5** · 12-20-2009, 05:36 PM

I'm not exchanging links to gain direct traffic from them (I know I won't). I thought that if I exchange link with relevant to my industry site (even if its far away) then it makes me more "popular" in that industry in SE view.