does sitewide linking hurt Ranking in search engines

Hi Guys,

One of my sites are linked site wide with other sites , I want to know , does site wide linking hurt ranking in search engines.

Thanks
Tulip

 

as long as you are linking to the sites with relevant content and nt following any black hat techniques

 

Your safe if you play by the rules and don't do other things

 

Excessive site wide linking can definitely hurt your rankings.

 

Can definately hurt them?...have any info to back that statement up? (curious)

 

Which is why I give all my competitors site wide links - so I can destroy them in Google.

 

Yes I have seen it happen more than once, feel free to try it for a southing experience

But let me highlight something just in case you missed it, I said excessive, just so that we are clear.

 

What would be your idea of excessive site wide linking? (I know i may sound like i'm being a smart ass...but i'm not ...i'm thinking about changing the links I offer on my sites from sitewide, to non-site wide...so i'm just trying to do a little research on if it would be a good offer or not)

 

Excessive is hard to define especially when considering Google lol, but if a very large part of your linking comes from sitewides, its time to rethink your strategy or risk get filtered.

 

thanks a bunch ...so you think maybe a 1:1 ratio?...or maybe not even that strict??...