- Why should I add a links section on my website?
You add a links section on your website so that you can 'trade' links with other websites. Nothing comes for free so in order to have your website added on other websites you, in return, have to add their site on yours too.
- Why should I go for a paid account since I can get all the links for free?
When a search engine crawler indexes a website's content, it saves all the links. For every link which points to your website, the search engine gives you some credit. If a reciprocal link is detected then the crawler reduces this credit, otherwise you get the maximum credit out of that link. Hence, if you need even better results it is strongly recommended to build one-way links.
- Why do I need to create inbound (incoming) links from other websites to mine?
Each website that links to yours is like a vote, stating that your website is important to the net. The more inbound links from other sites you have, the better. Exchanging links is the #1 priority on the list when it comes to search engine optimisation. The following is taken from the Google website.
«PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important." Important, high-quality sites receive a higher PageRank, which Google remembers each time it conducts a search. Of course, important pages mean nothing to you if they don't match your query. So, Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a page and examines all aspects of the page's content (and the content of the pages linking to it) to determine if it's a good match for your query.»
- Is IndexGuy Network a Link Farm or Free For All (FFA) ?
A link farm is a Web page that is nothing more than a page of links to other sites. IndexGuy is not a Link Farm or FFA! IndexGuy is a links management tool which offers you the chance to exchange links with thousands of members (and daily increasing!) as soon as you join. However, there is no need to waste time on those email conversations with other webmasters begging for a link exchange. By default you get all the available incoming links. If you don't want to keep some of them, simply use our Exclusion Filtering System to exclude specific links or categories of links.
- Which websites would you ban from the IndexGuy Network ?
We do not accept Warez, Link Farms, FFA, Racist websites. We may accept porn sites but you will need to correctly allocate them into the dedicated category. According to our terms and conditions we reserve our right to ban any website for our own reason.
- Why is my website banned from your network ?
There are many reasons a member's website can be banned from our network. If you have removed your link from the homepage to your links directory, if your website's content is unsuitable, if you tried to cheat in some way your website may get banned. If your website is banned please contact us so that we can give you the exact reason.
- I have noticed that a member from the IndexGuy network is cheating. Should I report him ?
If a member is cheating us then he is cheating you as well! Please report any cheating immediately!
- What do I need to join the IndexGuy network ?
FREE MEMBERS: You need to have your own website hosted on a webserver with full support for PHP or ASP or ColdFusion MX or PERL. If you have these, all you have to do is to register, login into the member's area, enter some details for your website, generate your code snippet, add it to your website and activate!
PAID MEMBERS: Just register, choose a username/password and also give to the system your website details. Proceed to the Products page, choose your product and submit your payment for it. Then contact us, mention your IndexGuy username and order number so that we can activate your account.
- I have noticed that you don't have my category in your list. What should I do ?
Just contact us with your category and allow us 24 hours to add it.
- How much time does it take for all the member's to update my listing if I change something?
We have good news for you. It's automatically updated on every member's website. Perhaps it will take a few minutes, depending on the current caching time which is set by our network administrators.
- I have many websites. Can I create multiple accounts to the IndexGuy Network?
Yes of course! You can use the same email address for creating multiple accounts. For every website you need one account.
- I forgot my password. How can I find it?
Click here, enter the email address with which you have registered and if an account is found with this email address, your password will be emailed there. If you cannot remember the email address with which you have registered please contact us to ask you a few questions and send you the password.
- How is my links page going to look like?
Fortunately we provide you with an advanced Code Generator which will allow you to generate your links page with your own style and color. You can choose a bullet, font family, font size, link color and rollover color. You can change the look-and-feel of your links section at any time by logging into the member's area and visiting 'My Links Page'.
- I have paid for an account. Now what do I need to do?
If you have paid for an account and you haven't registered your website to the network, visit the 'Sign Up' page and fill in the provided form.
You will then receive an email asking to activate your account. Do that. Then send us an email with your 2CheckOut order number and your username. Please do not send your password as there is no reason to. It's better to keep your password somewhere safe and never send it by email.
- Unfortunately my hosting company does not support function fopen. What can I do?
Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done for this. The only way to get through this is to go for a paid account which does not require the installation of any code.
- I cannot find the answer on my question on this FAQ. What can I do?
Make sure to browse our Knowledge Base first. We have compiled a huge collection of questions from our visitors and customers there for your convenience. If you still can't get any answer contact us. Enquiries from paid members will always have priority.
Make sure that your question is not answered within our FAQ section or Knowledge base. If it is already there, its possible that your request will be ignored.
- I am very much interested in becoming a partner to IndexGuy. What should I do?
Please contact us through our Contact Form to discuss the type of partership you are interested in and see how we can do business together. We are very interested in expanding.
- I'd love to exchange links with IndexGuy, what should I do ?
This is a funny question :-) But it is a very common one. Well, in order to exchange links with IndexGuy simply signup as a member and you will exchange links not only with IndexGuy but also with ALL the members of our website.
