Free For All: Why You Should Avoid Them

FFAs are basically wed pages where anyone can submit the URL for his website for free (hence the term Free For All).The web is home to thousands upon thousands of FFA pages.
FFAs may sound like a great way to gets lots of free traffic to your site or blog, but you should avoid these pages at all cost.
Why? Several reasons
1. They are almost useless as a source of traffic .Very few people search for a topic on the web will use an FFA page. Instead they will use a search engine or directory.
Think about it for a moment .Where do you go when you want to find something on the web? If you’re like most web surfers, you use Google, Yahoo, MSN search, AOL search, etc.
FFA pages are usually just a long list of unrelated and unorganized URL which makes finding what you’re looking for virtually impossible.
2. Most FFA pages require you to register with your email address before you are allowed to add your link .The owner of the pages then will use email address that you register with in order to send you loads of spam.
Even worse, they will often sell your email address to other spammers. If you choose to use FFA pages, prepare to receive a never-ending flood of SPAM in your email inbox.
3. Using FFAs can lead to your site being banned from Google’s search engine index. Many FFA pages require a reciprocal link from your site to theirs before allowing you to place your link.
Google considers most FFA pages to be link farms, and we have already learned what Google thinks of link farms!