Is it better to have many different sites linked to each other or subdirectories? I'm just wondering for SEO purposes. I know the latter will be cheaper I like to create different sites and experimenting but I'm getting tired of buying so many domains.
getting links from different sites is a better option. try to get link by using directory submission, article submissions, blogs,forums.
I don't think you ever want to link tons of sites to each other - it's referred to as a link farm and IMO it's not a good idea.
It is better to have multiple sites. But it all depends on how you do it. You will want the sites to be related somehow and don't do site wide links. It is also a good idea to host them all on separate C class IPs.
In my opinion instead of spending lots of money to buy different domains and hosting in different c class IPs, it would be more economical to gain backlinks from other sites by: 1- submitting to directories 2- submitting to social bookmarking sites 3- buying text links 4- article submission 5- blog comment submission.
i am completely agree with arty001. even i also do directory submissions, article submissions,Rss submissions, blog comment posting, social networking as well as social bookmarking
You're going to want to have sites that are related to each other (like a site about car enthusiasts linking to a site that talks about fixing up classic Chevy Impalas for example) linking. One way back-links from Site B to Site A (with Site A being yours) being the best; though naturally occuring reciprocal links are fine too. Worthless, duplicate content, many use rel="nofollow", and practically worthless. That's from a linking standpoint as far as the search engines are concerned. Most directories also don't provide much in the way of traffic, though they are great for getting those initial back-links needed to "push that site out the gate" so to speak. As for article submissions, you're best off linking back to the original source (your article's page - NOT YOUR HOME PAGE, BUT THE PAGE YOUR ARTICLE IS ON) to not only establish your page's canonical claim to being the original source, but also to avoid having the original source being mistaken for duplicated content (which the search engines - and not just Google - work very hard to find and remove). As I said earlier, most blogs use rel="nofollow" in their comments by default (many blog owners don't even know that their blog software is doing it), and a lot of forums also use rel="nofollow" as well (not to mention the fact that blog entries and forum threads that DO follow links tend to leak PR like a sieve, making them practically worthless either way). However, they do all have one thing going for them, which is why they're still recommended. They CAN bring you targeted traffic if you're on-topic, relevant, have something good to say (you actually contribute to the discussion like I am here), and are generally respectful of others. Actually a link farm is a large number of unrelated Web pages/sites that are linking to each other (and by each other I mean every other page/site in the network) for the sole purpose of manipulating the search engine rankings. Though even if the sites were related, having them all on the same Class C IP block would still cause problems. The best way to avoid this would be to have multiple sites with domains owned by multiple people on multiple Class C IP blocks linking to each other, but fortunately the expense of doing so puts it out of the reach of most people (and companies just woudln't be able to justify the cost of keeping that kind of infrastructure, employees and paying the fees each month/quarter/year anyway). In other words, just don't do it. Instead, spend your time getting OTHER PEOPLE'S SITES/PAGES to link back to yours. Web Gazelle, you win the "This is the short version of what Dan's going to write" award. With regard to #s 1, 4, and 5, see above. As for #2, that's got nothing to do with SEO. It is however a good marketing and promotional technique, as long as the sites you target are related to yours. With #3, buying links for the sole purpose of gaming the search engines will just get the person selling the links a GoogleBrick upside the head (not to mention you losing your hard earned money for nothing). Speaking of Google, they don't mind if people purchase text links as part of their advertising and marketing campaigns. They DO care if you buy them in an attempt to manipulate the rankings, which it appears you're advocating here. If you're suggesting that the OP buy them as part of a marketing campaign, then please accept my apologies. Please read everything I said up to this point.
i think you're wasting money for buying many domain name. try to concentrate on link building and you can will the result.
yep. you're wasting too much time, effort and money in purchasing domains for the purpose of cross-linking... that's not a good idea though. The best option would be looking for other related sites and exchange links with them and do other link building methods