TinkyWinky

Two way, Three way, Four way interlinking between sites owned by the same person, on same IP or same C-Class, is pointless IMO.

No one knows for sure (apart from Matt Cutts and a few inner circle developers) whether it gets you a 'downgrade' an 'ignore all links' or a.n.other type of flag with Google and conditions that gets you any specific flag, so everyone's opinions are either based on what they have read, what they practice or what they observe anecdotally or from hard experience.

In my experience, interlinking is pointless from site a to site b and site b to site a - whether they are related sites or unrelated. You pass link juice to b, and then b passes it back... G sees that and potentially 'ignores' .... simple as.

Edwin makes a good point though that the stronger the site in terms of backlinks - the more likely you will be able to 'interlink' with no penalisation as you have hundreds of bonefide external backlinks. I agree - but still wouldn't do to ensure I don't trip any flags. Some people get away with it - fine - but your business should not be about keeping up with the Jones' if you rely on it for income.

One way links from site a to site b, site a to site c etc. can however be useful in my experience. Also site b could then link on to a site c, d, e, or f et al, but not back to site a. Back to site a and G is likely to be able to connect the dots... very easily...

How do you know that and how do you quantify - as PR (TR or whatever you want to call it) is from memory akin to an exponential jump between levels, then how do you know exactly what your site is currently (ie. with the PR update being 4-6 months out of date when it does change) how do you know exact PR on any given date) and what you will be okay doing?

Simple advice, do some legwork and get quality IBL's from other sites - it's really not that difficult but it is time-consuming. This is what sets aside some of the big boys in affiliate marketing and development

Also why even bother interlinking if there is a possibility of a penalty - you may potentially get a good domain flagged, put hours of work down the drain and have to start again all for the sake of a bit of laziness in getting some proper IBL's.

Just my 2p worth
TW

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techtimmy

You're all doing shady domaining stuff, so we're all feeling guilty cos deep down you know we're mostly trying to make a quick buck.

Apart from the domaining i do on the side I also work for a reputable company. We have several website all inside the same industry all interlinked. Most are product catalogue sites for different brands all linked to 1 main site but also linked to each other. They are all hosted on 1 server because it's cheaper.

My point is that Google can't punish that sort of behaviour. It would be wrong to do so and would penalise many many sites for doing pretty much nothing wrong.

Just don't take the piss and i'm sure Google will be fine

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RSK3000

I have to agree with techtimmy on this. Why on earth would G punish basic interlinking between a few sites? Just don't interlink 10s or 100s of sites and you should be fine!

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