"semi" reciprocal linking?

please tell me if this strategy makes sense...

[Algebrator]

Consider the following situation:
Let’s say you have two sites (A and B) both PR5, both very similar theme, and you are considering exchanging a link with another site (C), also PR5 and related topic. Would it make sense to link from A to C, and ask the C’s webmaster to link from C to B, rather than asking for direct reciprocal exchange?
It seems that to the owner of C, it wouldn’t make much difference, while with this scenario site B would get a bigger SERP boost because the linking is not reciprocal and there are no detectable cross linking loops?
All comments are appreciated

[Macro]

Triangular linking has been discussed endlessly here. Please browse through older posts.

[Algebrator]

Sorry, didn't know that was the proper term to search for

[conroy]

It is also known as three way linking.

[KevinC]

yup its done a lot - just stay away from closed loops and remeber more isn't always better.

[Algebrator]

Thank you

[caveman]

You will also have more luck if site B is something more than just another screen scraper or directory site. :-)

[Algebrator]

Both of my sites would be relevant. My logic was that it made more sense to give one site a bigger boost (i.e. place it on the first results page), rather than give a smaller boost to 2 sites (i.e. having them both placed on the 2nd page)

[caveman]

Well that's a choice that's as good as any other, especially if you have limited resources, as most of us do.

My comment only reflected the number of emails I've received over the past year asking me to link to a nice site A from my nice site C, with the promise that their cr*p site B would link to me. As if I didn't have eyes. :/

[jaffstar]

Triangular linking has been discussed endlessly here. Please browse through older posts.

Anyone got a link to these posts? Been searching with no success.

[prairie]

just stay away from closed loops

Forgive my ignorance.... is a closed loop a set of sites with no (or relatively little/meaningful) incoming one-way links, or simply a tightly associated network (irrespective of any one-way incoming links they may have)?

Prairie.

[bcolflesh]

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[Hard_Target]

Jaffstar,
For some reson I had problems finding them too (even when using specified kwds)
bcolflesh links don't seem appropriate - it is more of a A-B-C closed loop thing. The original post is A-B-C type but NOT closed.
I noticed several times that WebmasterWorld search engine doesn't find posts that it should find. Go to google and type in the same kwds - there will be references to WebmasterWorld posts (and some others that I found useful)
Would any of the experts here try to quantifiy the difference between reciprocal and non- reciprocal links (i.e. keeping everything else constant, 1 nonreciprocal is worth x reciprocal links, x being?)
Also, do you find that response to your request for linking is significantly reduced when you propose "I link from A, you link to B" scheme, just because it sounds sneaky, not because it really is?

[caveman]

Search WW using G and you'll find what you need most likely.

[jaffstar]

Would any of the experts here try to quantify the difference between reciprocal and non- reciprocal links (i.e. keeping everything else constant, 1 nonreciprocal is worth x reciprocal links, x being?)

Reciprocal link: site a offers site b a link, and in exchange, site b links back site a.

(This method is not worth as much as a 1 way link)

Non- reciprocal links: site a links to site b

I can't put an exact value, I can just say that 1 way is worth substantially more.

[elklabone]

Wouldn't it accomplish the same thing to place your links directory on a separate domain?

For example, my website is called "widgetworld.com" so I make a link directory (even hosted on a different IP) called "widget-resources.com" and link to that from widgetworld.com.

Then it looks like three way linking, without the complications of coordinating things between three webmasters. Would this be beneficial?

--Mark

[jaffstar]

Look at some of the sites in the top 10 for your KW, most still use recips.

The only site that would get hurt in the linking process (if caught) would be the site linking out.

So many sites spam and do far worse things than three way linking, I think its a good idea.