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The site is related to sporting goods. And it's first-page on Google for just about any term that I've optimized the site for.
Six weeks ago, I launched a new site related to a financial niche. I've been adding new content and relevant links pretty much every day.
Just for the heck of it, I added a paragraph on the home page of the sporting goods site that says, "Before you take out a loan for your [widget], consider that advice offered at [link]financial_website.com[/link].
I was surprised that the link on the sporting goods site showed up so quickly when doing a link:www.financial_website.com search. Moreover, I was surprised that the link is #1 for that search, which tells me that Google is giving it more weight than other links.
So, I'm wondering if I should bury a similar link on just about every other page on the sporting goods site. I know that the value of links coming from a single site diminish as the number increases.
But would this help more than hurt?
I'm really trying to jump-start the new site, and I'm looking for anything that will help do so.
Opinions much appreciated.
As you say, once you have one link from a domain, any more are pretty small beer (if anything at all).
On the general issue, non-related linking is a risky strategy with doubtful benefits; in the longer term, you may harm your primary site - especially if somone reports you for paidlinks, which it may look like!
I do not think what you are doing is wrong; I routinely use my existing sites to 'kickstart'new ones, and I'd do exactly the same with bricks'n'mortar (indeed, you'd be a fool NOT to!).
But these days, I withdraw the links, once the site gets moving, not add to them - the risk of collateral damage is just too great. And the benefits no way justify that risk.
Write articles on your high PR site that are relevant to that niche then include links in the text that are relevant to the target site... as you mentioned in your original post.
Use your PR. If you don't then what is it worth?
