one way links

[tigger]

How many non-reciprocal links can you safety do between 2 sites you own, the sites are not mirrors and completely different products although related, or should I be looking at deep linking to other pages rather than linking to the index page

This has not been done to boost PR/rankings just to offer people another product, but the link boost is a nice bonus

[rogerd]

Tigger, I wouldn't think any number of links (that make sense for visitors) would cause a problem in this scenario. (I'm assuming you aren't doing something bizarre like publishing a site map of Site A on every page in Site B. ;))

As usual, diversity of inbound (and even some outbound) linkage should make things all that much safer.

[tigger]

cheers, I thought that was the case

[mfishy]

It's a shame how Google controls us in so many ways now.

It is completely natural and makes the utmost business sense to link one's sites together. With Google changing the way we think about linking, one has to consider what may get penalized instead of just doing what any business would do.

Form my experience the situation you describe will not create any problems. One way links are always safe.

I have seen a problem when a handful of sites cross linked together, however.

The best way to handle this is to link out to other sites as well so it does not appear to be an "enclosed web map".

When dealing with a bunch of sites, the strategy can become very complex and there are some amazing threads on this topic somewhere in here.

[Dolemite]

From my experience the situation you describe will not create any problems. One way links are always safe.

This is something I've wondered about. I don't have the confidence to say they're always safe. Safer than crosslinking, anyway.

Owning sites gives you the right to do whatever you want with them, including blatantly trying to manipulate search results, and google has the right to ban you for it.

Its a tough situation because we're all trying to manipulate search results and shouldn't pretend otherwise.

But enough of the tiring philosophical debate. What are people's experiences with one-way linking in a network of their own sites? What can you get away with?

[webguybri]

I dont crosslink any sites. I would advise everybody here to just find other people in the same theme and trade links with them. We recieve alot of good natural traffic from the link exchanges as well as the pr boost. In the long run it takes less time!

"Short Cut"
1. put up new sites
2. crosslink network of sites
3. wait to get indexed
4. have great rankings
5. get dropped for crosslinking
6. Start Over

"Long Cut"......actually shorter and better
1. put up new sites
2. get links with other people
3. keep working on links and content
4. traffic keeps growing

tortice and the hair.

Time and time again i have seen my competition set up dozens of sites and cross link them all and get great rankings for 2-3 months then get dropped and start the same thing all over again with new sites.

We did it the right way and the sites continue to grow.

[Dolemite]

webguybri,

Thanks for your input, but we aren't talking about crosslinking and don't need the high-horse ethics lesson.