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samueldarwin
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# Posted: 20 Mar 2009 13:30
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Hi guys,
This is one of the critical question. To all who are wondering what is Three Way Linking all about, let me explain.
Three Way Linking
This is one of the strategy of link building. But there is a high risk involved in this. Let us consider we have two sites, say Site A and Site B. A person comes with Site X and asks for a link exchange. Since link exchange / reciprocal links are not valued that much by search engines, we decide to do three way linking. Now we link the Site X in our Site A and ask the owner of Site X to link to Site B instead of Site A (As in reciprocal links).
In the above example I have taken 2 websites (A & B) for the purpose of three way linking. This is just the basic. Literally there are webmasters who host 20 or 50 or even 100 websites to do this type of linking.
What is the use
This is sometimes recognized by search engines as one way links and valued so much. If we really do this between related subject websites it is valued.
What is the danger
On the other hand if search engines find that we do link trading, they may not value the link or even ban them.
How to use it effectively
1) Host Site A and Site B in a different server (Different hosting provider) - This would probably make the search engines believe that both site are not related to each other.
2) Make both the site valuable - Dont just create website for three way linking. Both the websites must be of the same subject and must have good ranks.
3) Always try to not reveal the reality for SE.
My Advice
I don't have any thing specific to say. Search engines see three way linking as a spam (I still doubt this ). It will yield great result if done carefully. But certainly we have to look into other factors.
Well, I have explained the pros and cons of three way link building. Now it is the time to discuss.
What shall we discuss
1) Let us discuss whether three way linking is good or not.
2) If good, how to do it effectively.
3) If bad, then what is the best way to develop one way links.
4) Are you doing any three way linking.
Let us get our engines started !
Regards
Sam
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Vishal P. Rao
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# Posted: 21 Mar 2009 00:48
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If done correctly I don't see anything wrong in this. However the most important part is managing them. Unless you have a software, it's almost impossible to manage them.
Also, unless you are hardcore in marketing, one wouldn't take the extra headache of managing three-way links. Even if it were effective, I doubt you could get many willing candidates for that.
Online Services
There are many online services like 3waylinks.net that offer such services. I happen to see some of the sites that have participated in the program and most of them have very less-zero PR. One reason could be that such services often have generic link pages and this could be easily identified by search engines. Most sites participating have linked to their links page through word friends. They don't even bother to be creative.
On other hand, if I were to start an exclusive 3-way network just within my niche, I wouldn't risk my site by making the scheme public 
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getagrip
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# Posted: 21 Mar 2009 12:15
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I would think it would be better to link site A and B to X.
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samueldarwin
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# Posted: 21 Mar 2009 13:36 · Edited by: samueldarwin
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getagrip: I would think it would be better to link site A and B to X.
Lol. Then you get nothing out of it.
Vishal P. Rao: Unless you have a software, it's almost impossible to manage them.
Are there any softwares for this purpose.
I still need to experiment this in a deeper manner
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Hey guys,
After reading 3waylinks.net, it is clear that three way links are like a triangular series. A links to B, B links to C and C links to A again. This is not so valuable according to me. Search engines can easily notice this.
The method that I have described in this thread is (A to B, X to B and stopping it). Will this be considered as a one way link ?
Just lets finetune our discussion.
Sam
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Vishal P. Rao
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# Posted: 21 Mar 2009 23:20
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There is an eBook called Revenge of the Mininet by Michael Campbell. It is about interlinking sites together to gain PR. It makes an interesting read. And it's free at the moment.
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FreeCashMan
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2009 09:15
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So 3-waylinks.net is producing positive results? Am I understanding this correctly. I've seen them promoted around the net in several places.
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2009 11:07
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You guys are so funny!
Why not just create quality content to attract higher quality links naturally?
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