Linking Your Site To Just A Few Pr9 Related Sites?

[pianist718]

We have a site (medical site). WOuld it benefit us to have a Resource page and link to only 3-4 sites that are related to our field and are PR8+ like Medicare site and so on?

Thank you.

[spiceboy]

It would help a hell of a lot more if they linked to you...

[pianist718]

Haha, sure it would help ... BUT you didn't answer my question. :-) WOuld we benefot from this strategy?

[cbp]

WOuld we benefot from this strategy?

No.

CBP

[spiceboy]

Seconded.

[tcampione]

If it were that easy, everyone would be linked to Google and thewhitehouse.gov.

That said, if linking would benefit your visitors, that would be a good reason to do it.

/*tom*/

[dburdon]

Who lives at the Whitehouse? Is is a PR9 site? I must write for a link.

[beanstalk]

Originally Posted by dburdon

Who lives at the Whitehouse? Is is a PR9 site? I must write for a link.

Good call. Think I'll write Google. They've got all that white space on their homepage. ;)

[dealsaroundus.com]

Somebody should help all of with Whitehouse related links :) ; any way it’s not only Quality of links you should equally get Quantity as well. Keep "Key words" in mind.

Good Luck

[wrmineo]

The true question should be does it add value for your visitors. Focusing solely on what search engines will like tends to blur (what should be) the real point of your website - visitors.

If the link is content relevant to your site, I do think it will help the overall real estate value of your site. IMO simply placing links on a page does not do your visitors or content any good - if you feel the sites/links are of value to your visitors, then take the time to say so and why. Maybe have separate pages for different genres and give a brief description of the site you're linking to, using good relevant, content and keyword rich anchor text.

A cheesy, but relevant example might be:

Here are some the female celebrity websites that I like.

Going to a page that actually describes the sites.

I don't think the PR value of the sites would do a thing for you. However, linking to a site in a content relevant manner, would benefit your visitors and your site.

It's not what you ask for, it's how you ask for it.

SO, in the same spirit:

It's not who you link to, but how you link to them.