Forums are a great place to meet and network with fellow webmasters and bloggers. Forums contain content and useful information. Yet many people believe that forums are best used for their marketplaces and otherwise networking opportunities. One way to increase your search engine rankings is by making link exchanges. In a link exchange, you link a website and the website links you back. This way you exchange your ‘link juice’ and search engines see you as a higher authority. Best of all, posting on these forums is 100% free!

Here are the top 12 webmaster forums to go to when seeking a link exchange.

1. Digital Point

DigitalPoint takes the win by sheer volume. It is common to get 10 private messages to your link exchange request within hours. There are many webmasters hanging out in that forum and are ready to do a quick link exchange. They are all knowledgeable and for the most part manage their own websites, so link exchanges are made quick and painlessly. Beware though of the quality of the websites you exchange with. Many websites on Digital Point are quickly thrown-together blogs that have only spun articles. Check Page Rank and other factors to validate the legitimacy of the website you are link exchanging with.

Link: Link Exchanges
Alexa: 305
My Username: mmelen

2. Site Point

Site Point may not have the volume that Digital Point has, but it makes up in quality. Many people on Site Point work for internet marketing or web development companies. Thus, the quality of the websites you exchange with will undoubtedly to higher. Keep in mind that you are also expected to have a quality website if you are seeking a link exchange. In the past Site Point charged to make a post in the link exchange forum - $1. They have however abolished that fee and posting a thread for a link exchange is once again free. Posting a thread in the link exchange forum (marketplace) is different than posting a thread elsewhere in the forum. There is a few step process you go through where Site Point tries to cross-sell some other features. Nevertheless, posting a thread there is still free and fairly simple.

Link: Link Exchanges
Alexa: 983
My Username: mmelen

3. Warrior Forum

Warrior Forum is the number one forum for online and affiliate marketing. So far the average Digital Point user owns his own small website/blog or even a network of them. The average Site Point user own a online marketing company/service or works for one. The average Warrior Forum user then is a stay-at-home affiliate marketer. Don’t be fooled though, many of these guys had high profile 9-5 jobs and quit to make money online. Many of these guys make over $100,000/year. They won’t fall for any tricks though or waste their money, otherwise they wouldn’t have gotten where they are. They know what they are doing so if you want a link exchange or sell a link, make sure you have a quality product before going here. The link exchange thread has also recently been used more to sell link building services than have link exchanges. Nevertheless, it’s still a great forum and place to get link exchanges so it takes the Number 3 spot.

Link: Link Exchanges
Alexa: 900
My Username: MichaelMelen

4-12. The Other Forums

In most cases you will not have to look farther than the top 3 to get a sufficient number of links. In some extend Digital Point and Site Point may be more effective than all of these forums combined. Still, if you are desperate for link exchanges or are just looking for some new blood, feel free to check them our.

#	URL	Alexa
4	http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum158.html	2204
5	http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=27	2355
6	http://www.wickedfire.com/sell-buy-trade/	3654
7	http://www.namepros.com/link-exchange-requests/	4242
8	http://www.v7n.com/forums/links/	4903
9	http://talk.iwebtool.com/link_exchange_forum.html	4976
10	http://www.webmaster-talk.com/marketplace/viewcategory.php?id=13	5539
11	http://www.dnforum.com/f173/	7057
12	http://forums.ukwebmasterworld.com/reciprocal-link-exchange/	26839