D_Blackwell - 3:05 am on Aug 30, 2009 (gmt 0)

DLMdesign - I second tangor's comments.

We're not trying to 'gun you down' - just looking to give the best opinions that we can. Its not personal, and you seem sincere. The OP raised two separate issues from my view.

1) The phrasing raised flags that you very well may be shortcut guy looking for some 'validation'. Happens all the time here; people that just want to 'borrow a few images' or 'a little text'. Give us all a dollar for every time we've been ripped off and we'd all be retired.

2) What you want(ed) to do is, as you've seen, not selling very well. It remains, as originally described, a very bad idea that will not serve you well IMO.

That said, if you've been doing the work, gathering the raw content from your client, turning it into good website text - then you don't need to frame someone else's site. You have even better options:

1) Create a short keyword spiked intro paragraph that links to the authority site and you can use their content to your advantage and it's all white hat.

2) The right link relationships are a very good thing - so are the right content exchanges. If the two sites aren't competing (and sometimes even if they are), but fit together nicely, then they may even be receptive to custom creating a new page on their site, that you will use as a link target. Develop the right relationships and these can be win-win deals.

As Don Rickles said to Telly Savalas in "Kelly's Heroes":

Crapgame: Then make a DEAL!
Big Joe: What kind of deal?
Crapgame: A DEAL, deal! Maybe the guy's a Republican. "Business is business," right?