3 way links

I am a beginner here, as you can see from my post count.

I know what a 2 way link is: Site A links to Site B, who links to Site A.

but what is a 3 way link?

 

site A link to site B,site B link to site C ,site C link to site A

 

You can also try A and B link to C, C and A link to B, B and C link to A

 

It is very common question that has been asked many times. 3 way link is site A link to site B,site B link to site C and site C link to site A

 

Yeah, i searched for it, but the words were too short to allow the search to go through!

 

Still you may need to clarify something here that the person asking this question may not get from the reponses. In a 3 way link... none of the sites exchange links directly like a reciprocal link between 2 of the sites.

 

ahhh ok - thanks

 

Here is a better understanding of it.
I made this diagram below about 3 way backlinks:

say I am running a site and need two people to make one way links which is better than a two way link

 

also see my article on 3 way link exchange

 

Thanks so much everyone So nice to be able to ask these things and not feel like an idiiot!

 

Every response here is correct about 3 way links,I just want to add here that 3 way links better than 2 way links on SEO point of view.

 

This sort of linking is called Three Way linking! It is time consuming and slow in response.

 

Nice image presentation about Three way linking!

 

thank you james.parker, i appreciate it

 

Thanks for the diagram as I am a newbie as well; I have heard of Jon Ledgers 3way Linking; however I also heard that it can hurt your site? Not sure of it but have not tried it out to test yet.