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I have a number of sites which for my sins are interlinked, most disappered after Florida or shortly after they previously all ranked in the top 3 for there main search term. However 5 or 6 kept there rankings despite been interlinked and a very similar template the only difference i could find is that they had one or two relevant links which seemed to be all that is needed.
I have know lost 95 of my visitors and all my revenue, i have taken this opputunity to redesign my sites. The main changes i have made is to target links which are related to my sites.For youe information they are all city guides and i have targeted links from sites which have some link ie sports clubs, businesses, local organsiations. They are not directley related to my site however they are all links that would be of some use to my visitors. I am hoping this will see Google rank me well. I must point out that i have not gone for site with good PR, i have gone after links specifically that will be of use.
Also i have removed all my interlinks, however i am i right in thinking that i can interlink a number of sites, which will be value by Google. Does any body have any idea if there is a number you can interlink.
My point is if my theroy is right ( i have been wrong with most of my theroys), that you no longer need to look for big PR sites, or pay for links, simply all you have to do is swap links that would be relevant to your user. I think this makes sense if you are a search enginee looking to provided your users with the best results.
Ill sit back and wait for you guys to rip my theroy to bits.
There are some things I've come across that seem pretty solid:
crosslinking sites will create a neutral result, more or less.
Avoiding crosslinking but still linking between sites in a relevant way should be good, but that depends on how you host the sites, if they are on a virtual hosting account with the same or very similar ip address, you could be in trouble.
