9 replies to this topic

[qaswer]

There is no doubt that reciprocal linking works and it means that you have a link with someone providing his/her link to your site . I came to know about three way linking . Is it effective or what is this type of linking ? I need some more information on this .

[lisety]

I consider the practice SEO and would never use it. What it is is that site A links to site B who links to site C who links to site A. It's a way to try to fool the search engines into believing that it is a one way link. Not good!

[projectphp]

Why not just search for it then?

[Scottie]

If you're into "link trading" as an SEO activity, you might as well try and convince some other people to trade 3 way links with you!

It's all pretty silly, but it does give you something to do.

Most legitimate sites toss out linking requests anyway, so the ones you take the time to read a 3-way link request will probably be interested in adding that to their useless links pages.

[Jill]

There is no doubt that reciprocal linking works

Actually, there's tons of doubt about that.

[adybee]

Actually, there's tons of doubt about that.

I think it depends on the context Jill - as a traffic generator or getting your site found recips can be good yes (if relevancy is adhered to of course), as a means of getting higher rankings in the SE's no (unless it's a really low traffic generating term)

[Martin C]

Whichever way you look at it three way linking is there to try and deceive the search engines - that may be your aim. If it were not for search engines and their interest in links then the interest in three way linking wouldn't exists.

Apart from morally, and maybe a waste of time, I doubt there is much of a downside as if three way links can be identified by the search engines, either now or in the future, rather than issue a penalty they are more than likely just not going to place any value on the links.

[projectphp]

There is the biggest downside of all Martin: self delusion.

The "trick" to web markting is to be the best you can. Time spent on actual tricks stops you doing that, and deludes you into believing you are doing something productive.

Worse still, it might actually work for a while, and then you run the added risk that, having grown accustomed to your new traffic, it wll one day stop as the house of cards that is most link schemes collapses.

Actually, that is probably the worst thing that can happen. If your site has no trafffic, at least you don't rely on it to pay bills or put food on a plate on the table (why do people always forget the plate? Or is that the ;point: they can't afford one?) Once you rely on your site for a living, you need repeatable and predictable over anything else.

[Jill]

Offtopic

why do people always forget the plate?

[New Media]

Just as a matter of thought, even if you wanna deceive the SE to procure traffic by triangular (or even, rectangular) link building, you still abide the business ethics. Thoughts?