linking your own sites

muskie · #1 (**permalink**) 11-07-2007, 10:41 AM

I have a new one page site (static html). It is a description with photos etc. of a home I have for sale in Gatlinburg, TN. It has been remodeled and redecorated. My question is if I do reciprocal links to my 3 well established and well positioned wallpaper web sites with this new site (sense decorating is a tie) could it hurt the wallpaper sites?

khurramali · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 12:09 AM

you just have to use nofollow tags, otherwise your wallpaper webistes might loose their ability to pass page rank.

tamecrow · #3 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 06:12 AM

I'm not sure what Khurram means about losing their ability to pass PageRank, but cross-linking sites with no common theme is always verging on the risky side unless done in a certain way... especially when you own them both

Out of interest, what are your reasons for wanting to cross-link?

muskie · #4 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 07:37 AM

Out of interest, what are your reasons for wanting to cross-link?

To help the one page site get noticed by Google.

tamecrow · #5 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by muskie

Out of interest, what are your reasons for wanting to cross-link?

To help the one page site get noticed by Google.

Linking from unrelated sites that are owned by you isn't going to help. Off-topic links won't be very helpful anyway, and Google will see that you own both. It could do you more harm than good - especially if they look like sponsored links.

Why not do things the tried and tested way and build quality content on the page and gather backlinks from relevant sites?

khurramali · #6 (**permalink**) 11-10-2007, 12:54 AM

Google just came out with a PR update focusing on websites that sell links.

it seems that the juice is running out