Minor Cross Linking

[softserve]

I have a site which is currently experiencing favorable PR on a variety of pages. I also have a site which is a dog, on a completely different topic (it is not a dog due to design, but rather competition and lack of linking into the site).

I have read about not cross linking heavily, but have noticed some sites will link to their other unrelated sites with something like one link at the bottom. Since the site that is doing well has many pages, I thought I might be able to utilize them to help my other site...

These sites are on the same IP/Different Domains

My Questions:

Q.1 Will it help to place one small link on the high PR pages to the Dog Site?

Q.2 Would there be any benefit to placing links from all pages, even those with no PR?


I just want to do something until I have time to work on this site as it is loosing traffic. I know that ultimately, I should find relative sites and link in the good ones which is my plan...


Thanks,

Tom F.
Softserve

[Connie]

I do not cross link sites period. If they are unrelated I see no purpose in the links. A link should be there to benefit your visitors, not to promote the other sites link popularity.

If I owned two sites that were similar I would combine them into one larger site.

[Blue]

You are falling into a trap that will bite you in the ass ... now or in the future, IMO.

The trap is in believing that link strategies or any other strategies for that matter, regardless if they work now or not, will be of benefit to your site for the search engines.

Instead, build a better site for your visitors. The rest will fall into place.

[Quadrille]

I'm wondering why you keep asking this kind of question; you know by now that the answer in these forums will always be much the same:

If the link is for your visitors, go for it.

If you are planning it for the search engines, best not.

Good Luck!

[Dave Hawley]

Sure, 2 dogs are better than one

If you play cards and cheat just a little bit you are still cheating are you not?

[Arnabme]

Link helps to gain popularity in the sense that a link from a site pointing to me would definately suggest my site to be important, only if it is related.

It works like a vote just like people voting for the site..

I hope this works fine.

[Dave Hawley]

Chan ge

Link helps...

to "Some links help.." and I agree.

Cross linking between 2 sites owned by the same person will likely do more harm than good. If the sites are related enough to be linked, then the person should have 1 site and not 2.

Let's face it, the question was asked in hope of 'fooling' Google into thinking site "A" is voting for site "B" and is outside Googles guidelines.

[WebSavvy]

If you owned two dogs, each a different breed -- like perhaps a Dalmatian and a Greyhound, and purchased domains to be built as niche sites around that specific breed of dog, you could quite easily (and would make sense to) interlink between the two domains.

Yes, both domains are about dogs BUT they are niche specific. You wouldn't go to dalmatians.com and expect to find information about Greyhounds, nor should you, anymore than you'd expect to find information about Dalmatians at greyhounds.com

However, there is a huge dog lovers' group that own one or more pedigree dog breeds and therefore linking from one niche dog breed site to the other site you also own, makes sense to your visitors and it's something the search engines would not frown upon.

[Irony]

I agree, Deb

There are a lot of cases when interlinking does make sense, but creating one big site won't do.

As long as it is not for the engines only, and makes sense for human visitors, it's okay.

[Danny]

@ Irina ... i almost didn't recognize you under your shiny white cap