I have some sites I use for Three way Link Exchange.. Now i want to maintain/increase the PR of these sites. I have noticed that two way link exchange helps a lot in increasing the PR although Google considers it bad... So should I take a risk of Reciprocal linking to increase the PR of my sites?
Reciprocal link is not a good idea, as your sites will not have a proper link juice. One way links OR 3-ways links are good.
It could be both Yes and No. It could help increase your website Pagerank like normal backlink does. However, if the page that reciprocal link placed has too many outbound links, then your website would gain a little to none of Pagerank leaked toward your website so the PR may not increase as you may expected.
There is no difference between reciprocal or 3 way or one way in terms of PR. But the quality of the link vary of course ..
I don't believe Google considers it bad at all between relevant sites. Google doesn't like anything that is done primarily to manipulate SERPs, but where there is every likelihood of driving targeted traffic, Google knows it is natural to link. If your site sells toothbrushes and you exchange links with Tom's Natural Toothpaste site, isn't that a perfect, relevant fit? How does it affect PR? Depends on the PageRank of the page where your link resides, as well as a slew of other factors. If you really care to understand PageRank, I invite you to visit the link in my signature. In addition to how it works, the article has some excellent resources for understanding how PageRank is changing. Bottom line: if you are trading links with relevant sites, there is no risk. In my (educated) opinion.
While doing links exchanges with other websites, it is important to take a look at the linking pages. For example, even if the homepage PR of a site is very high but the linking page to yours is zero PR and also hundreds of outgoing links are there, it is possible to claim such links are going to be useless. Selecting a few quality and relevant high PR websites could be great for exchanging links with other resources.
as long as you try & get quality links it is possible for Reciprocal links to work but it may be advantagous to consult with a professional backlink service. If in doubt ask the pros.
I have to say, I would not follow that advice. From what I am hearing on various forums, Google has it out for "backlink patterns" ... and I would advise being very careful to link only to sites you are sure are highly relevant and meet your own personal quality standards.
I find that as long as the link is high related to my site and its a homepage link i get very good juice for my sites.
Yaah... if you exchange link with high PR resource page and that page have quality back link then it will help in increasing PR. Coz Google give importance to Quality sites.
Target only 1 site for three way.. and try to produce quality back link. exchange with those sites which have PR on resource page that will help greatly.
reciprocal will increase your PR but linking back will reduce the amount of link juice that you get from having a link on that page.
Yes but it's bestto stick with linking to sites in a similar nich to your own as google values this more highly than links from non related sites