Advantages of Seperate Site Link Directory?

Buskerdoo · 09-03-2004, 09:46 AM

I've read that a possible good idea is to build a seperate site that has all of your links (recipricol links). That way you can minimize the links going off your primary site but still return links. I guess it looks somewhat like a directory...

Any advantages or possible problems with this idea?

MaK · 09-03-2004, 10:01 AM

Hi Buskerdoo,

Not really sure by what you mean ''build a separate site'' sorry?

Apologies if I've got this wrong, but separate site as in different url?

If that is correct, I'd imagine many potential link partners would be put off by it.

Myself I'd ask why are you doing it? if you requested a link from me.

And also, what is your reason for doing it this way? is the reason something to do with pr being passed or whatever?

MaK

awall19 · 09-03-2004, 11:38 AM

if you make it into a legit directory its a great idea. negative effect = one more site = take more time to maintain. positive effect = get more traffic & potentially make more money

I, Brian · 09-03-2004, 11:43 AM

However, not everyone is so keen to recip link to a third site. Would you?

awall19 · 09-03-2004, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by I, Brian

However, not everyone is so keen to recip link to a third site. Would you?

that is the thing most people fail to realize. if you make a quality directory which is focused on legit useful links it will pick up some links of its own anyway.

I think requiring a link is a bad idea if you intend to build long term value.

NFFC · 09-03-2004, 04:37 PM

I think there is a case to be made for every site owner to have their own directory, focused on the broad "niche".

In many cases it is better for the users, and more benificial to the link requester, to put the link from the directory.

I'm a bit biased, I don't do recip links at all.

Ferre · 09-03-2004, 05:00 PM

I have read somewhere of the benefits to put links on a sub domain but can't recall the exact topic, it was on here somewhere...or the old board.

Buskerdoo · 09-07-2004, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by I, Brian

However, not everyone is so keen to recip link to a third site. Would you?

I was thinking of using it in two ways. I'd try for third site recip but give them a direct link if they aren't interested. I think I could make the "directory" site a better place to put your link. It would be somewhat industry specific and hopefully be more useful than a plain link page. It's just a thought way down the list at this point.

randfish · 09-08-2004, 01:57 PM

You will miss out on one thing that's great about a link directory on your main site - a TON of extra pages.

GG loves huge, lumbering sites - just look at the SERPs. The more pages with related content, the better GG will love you. That's why I added my directory in with my main site and tried to put all the top categories in my sitemap.

I've also seen GG rank a lot of lists of links pages very high for certain types of searches. I wouldn't discount this either by using a different domain.

All that said, there's certainly nothing wrong with it, and I wouldn't personally have a problem with 3-way linking instead of reciprocal.

I, Brian · 09-08-2004, 02:36 PM

Good point on the directories - and don't forget there is always the possibility of a ranking boost on your own site if regarded as an "authority", plus the various possible advantages of being seen to operate a "hub". It is precisely these issues I'm looking to exploit on my next big site, not least because I see this as a future direction of SEO.

Btw - Hi there Rand, and nice to see you around. Hope the weather in Seattle is more bearable now.

burgi82 · 09-08-2004, 05:33 PM

I would not exchange links with you. The reason is that I do pass some good PR and value over to you, from a decent site of mine with tons of links pointing to it, and you would then give me a link from a website that really only has 1 link pointing to it (from your main site).
I also think that a lot of webmasters would be against that, but I don't know. I just know that I don't exchange links with sites like that.

Buskerdoo · 09-09-2004, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by I, Brian

and don't forget there is always the possibility of a ranking boost on your own site if regarded as an "authority", plus the various possible advantages of being seen to operate a "hub". It is precisely these issues I'm looking to exploit on my next big site, not least because I see this as a future direction of SEO.

I agree. I've been reading up on hub and authority sites. Do you think every page, multiple pages, or just a few pages need to link off site to authority pages?

I, Brian · 09-09-2004, 03:20 PM

Hi Philip, and to be honest the whole concept of "authority" is a sticky one. Personally, I think it's just a case of blowing PR to the wind and simply linking out in a quality and resourceful manner. Even then, the benefits are uncertain - there's far more speculation on the issue than real results, in my opinion. Personally, I would suggest it simply depends upon your business model as to whether you really want links out anyway - not so muh for searh engine purposes, but because of human user purposes.