CrossLinking and SiteMaps

What are some techniques to stay away from?

[DynamicStatics]

I am working with several very high quality content sites which are relevent and I am, with class crosslinking in a legit way. I am having no problem whatsoever so far and I am dominating with most of my target phrases making giant leaps towards all of them. My question, is there any suggestions or feedback from others that are involved in dealing with similar settings that they would like to share? As I grow this little community Im just looking for any added knowledge I can use to help from running into problems in the future.

One specific question I have is, has anyone ever ran into problems when putting a sitemap for one domain on another? The other domain is related and on the same IP.

Let's Talk.

DS

[fathom]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld DynamicStatics! ;)

The only question you need to ask yourself DynamicStatics, does the crosslinking strategy you are implementing aid the visitor?

A site map for example; usually reflects internal pages of the site the visitor is on, so they can quickly locate a page of interest.

Normally a site map is not used for another site (with which you are crosslinking to).

Can you dominate search engine results using this sort of strategy - yes.

Is it wise to do so - no.

Link to aid the visitor - you can't go wrong, link to aid yourself - and you will eventually go one step too far and be penalized.

Good Luck. :)

[Craig_F]

"Link to aid the visitor - you can't go wrong, link to aid yourself - and you will eventually go one step too far and be penalized."

-- Amen

[heini]

My theory on crosslinking is - it does not hurt as long as the sites all have strong independant linking.
It has to be a open to the surrounding web, and should be well connected with other reputable places.
It's only a theory though.

Putting a sitemap for domain A on domain B? Doesn't sound good.

[DynamicStatics]

Im know that a lot of crosslinking used is completely unncessary from expeirence. I think that I am going to make this all real simple and keep with "keep it simple" and add links to all my other domains on all the important pages of all the sites. Is there a problem with putting 20 links on everypage of 20 sites, or on just the important pages? When doing this is, should there be an organized fashion as far as when linking to site A from site C should I not link A back to C in anyway possible? Or is it ok just to have the same exact block of links that go to all twenty sites on either all the pages of all 20 sites or only important ones, excluding the homepage. That is more or less my question.

Thanks you guys I really appreciate it.

DS

[warlordbb]

fathom: Since I'm such a newb, I'm keeping a running "Quote Page" that I print and post on my wall to keep me focused on the "right things". Here's what I just moved to the top of that printout:

"Link to aid the visitor - you can't go wrong, link to aid yourself - and you will eventually go one step too far and be penalized." - fathom, Senior Member WebmasterWorld

Just wanted to say thanks for keeping me focused (btw, that's not the only fathom quote on that page)