300.000 indexed pages... link trades.. is this good or bad?

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  1. #1
    Hi

    Not sure if this is the correct section but here it goes.
    I got a guy that wants to do a hardcoded link exchange between my site and two of his.
    The site he wants to link to me has 300.000 indexed pages in google...

    My question is:
    Will this hurt my site on serp's and PR?
    I mean, all of the sudden google bot sees a link to my site in 300.000 pages.

    Any input from the experts will be appreciated
     
    nbento, Jan 10, 2007 IP
  2. sgugal

    sgugal Peon

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    i dont think so there will be problem in this ...
     
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  3. thetafferboy83

    thetafferboy83 Active Member

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    I would give this advice:

    Only link to another website if it is relevant or it will benefit your users (basically the same thing). I would also avoid a site-wide link, if that's what you're planning.
     
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  4. nbento

    nbento Banned

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    Well the link will be only on the footer... its for PR basicly and not traffic.
    What crossed my mind was the quesiton I did on the first post.
    Will or not google bot "think" it weird all of the sudden see a link to my site in 300.000 pages.

    Any way tks for your inputs guys
     
    nbento, Jan 10, 2007 IP
  5. thetafferboy83

    thetafferboy83 Active Member

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    Google doesn't really like paid for links. If I were a googlebot and I suddenly saw an unrelated link in the footer of 300,000 pages, my first thought wouldn't be "that looks like a natural link".
     
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  6. nbento

    nbento Banned

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    #6
    The link isnt for selling.. this is a natural link trade.
    But yeah, thats what Im wondering....
    Any ideas from the "I know all" in google :p
     
    nbento, Jan 10, 2007 IP
  7. Reprobate

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    Sounds like he's got (a lot of) quantity. How's his quality?
     
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    Relevancy is what you need to worry about––if you get 300,000 footer links from a website that has nothing to do with yours you will probably suffer (at least that's been my experience over the last eight or nine months.)

    Better to get just a few links from within the content that actually have something to do with your site's niche.
     
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  9. thetafferboy83

    thetafferboy83 Active Member

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    lol, that's not the point - Google doesn't like link trading - there is no such thing as a "natural link trade". that's just two people thinking they can fiddle with google results. A link trade should be nofollow attrib'd if it's not relevant.

    I've given you the advice, take it if you want.

    if it's not relevant, don't do it - or no follow it
    don't make it site wide.

    and most importantly - will it benefit your users?
     
    thetafferboy83, Jan 10, 2007 IP