I realised recently that I hadn’t been using webrings as a way to promote any of my sites in some time. Webrings are collections of websites that are linked together in a circular structure. No reciprocal linking, but instead a link to a couple of related sites usually in the form of a navigation bar you can stuff into your header or footer.
Most webrings are free to join, so it’s a quick and easy way to get traffic to a new site. Whilst webrings aren’t as popular now as they were in their heyday and it may not be suitable for all sites, it’s still a simple way to get traffic and SEO benefits to many of your web properties.
Some resources:
- http://www.webring.com The mother of all webrings
- http://www.ringsurf.com/ Another large webring.
- http://webringo.com/ Looks popular but I haven’t tried it yet
- http://www.ringsworld.com/
