Linking my own websites

by andrej

Posted: 11 years ago 15 replies

I have 2 websites in the same niche. One of them has better rankings than the other one and I consider using the weaker one for linking to my stronger site to achieve even better rankings for the stronger website. I think it could help, as the websites are related.

However, I'm hosting these 2 websites on the same hosting account. So before linking from my site A to my site B I should probably first move my site B to a different hosting account that I have with a different hosting company. Will I be safe then?

My second concern is that on both websites I have on the About me page similar content - I have written there that I'm a young web designer from Slovakia and that my name is Andrej. Can Google find this out and penalize my websites? Should I rather not link my own websites?

Another thing is that I'm using the same WordPress theme on both websites.

#linking #websites

SEO Eddie 11 years ago

I don't think Google is going to penalise you for linking two of your websites together. If they are related that seems like a natural enough thing to do.
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- Backlinko 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by EdwardJ
  
  I don't think Google is going to penalise you for linking two of your websites together. If they are related that seems like a natural enough thing to do.
  
  This is true. As long as you're not building a network, you don't need to go crazy about mixing up your hosting plans.
  
  But IMHO, considering shared hosting is like $4-5/month, I'd separate them just to be on the safe side.
  
  It can't hurt and it might make the link more powerful.
  
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- paulgl 11 years ago
  
  Don't you people know that every BIG site on the internet
  does just exactly that? How many sites do you think amazon.com owns
  for funneling traffic? Gasbuddy? Wikipedia? Holy cow....
  
  Why is the one of the biggest myths out there? And why do people still
  believe it?
  
  You people seem to have no idea how the internet works. From go.com
  to zap2it. These are online empires that have no problem linking
  up. And they do it to the max. How many sites do you think wikipedia
  runs? And you think they don't link up? HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  The list is endless. 10 sites? Gasbuddy alone has like 200!
  And....they are all on the same IP. The world runs on
  shared hosting. I dare you to find how many sites
  wikipedia shares. Heck, check how many sites the WF
  shares an IP with.
  
  I dare you to go to amazon.com. Scroll down to the bottom.
  I count 29 sites there alone that amazon owns and links to to.
  And you don't think google knows that amazon owns them all?
  Who gives a rip about same IP?
  
  I should also say that a subdomain is considered a separate site.
  So don't link your subdomains up. But then, about.com has a zillion
  subdomains all linked. Now what?
  
  I've said this for years. Create your own online empire. Best place
  to get links. You control them, you can expand them. Just like
  the big dogs. Otherwise, stay on the porch.
  
  Paul
  
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micksss 11 years ago

It will benefit you more if they are hosted on different IPs. Do the linking in a contextual way. If you really are concerned about what the big G will think do it in the most honest and natural way. e.g. check out my other "whateveryournicheis" site for a more in depth look into....But really the only way I can see that mattering is if you had a manual review. Probably overkill for just one link relationship IMO.
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online only 11 years ago

Feel free to "connect" few sites. However, if you are planning to link more sites then use different hosting and hide private registration for your own safety purposes.
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Hansons 11 years ago

IP diversity is also required but if you link to your sites then you would get some benefits too..

Think of internal linking how it helps..
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andrej 11 years ago

Thank you guys for your replies. So I will rather move my site A to a different hosting account before I link from it to my site B.
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RealEcon 11 years ago

Having 2 domains linked together on the same hosting is not a problem. Having 10 or more linking together is a network and will be a problem.

The dupe content on the About page shouldnt be a problem, they just needs to be a little different from each other.
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alvinchua91 11 years ago

Linking them together, if the way you create the links look 'normal', like because it's relevant, then it will never hurt to link; even if the websites are hosted on the same account.
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patco 11 years ago

Yes, and it is also recommended that you do this. This way all of your websites would have a benefit from the link exchange, but be sure NOT to close the link "wheel" if you use more than 3-4 sites (do NOT connect the last one to the 1st one). And it's better for the websites to be in the same or similar niche, so everything looks NORMAL according to Google!
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Hansons 11 years ago

you can link your own sites, other sites, internal linking, links from sub domains, links from authority sites, links from forums, links from blogs -- all make natural links...
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andrej 11 years ago

I've just come across this: Google's Matt Cutts Says It Is Okay To Link Your Sites Together But In Moderation - I thought it might be helpful for this thread.
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Lanx 11 years ago

bizarro nike says

Just Do(n't) it.
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Snowclone 11 years ago

I link my own sites constantly even though their not in the same niche, just because of what Paulgl said - Look at the big players, hell even look at something like the Gawker network. They're a huge blog network running sites like Lifehacker and Gawker - They all link to each other. Also check out Techcrunch and AOL's farm of blogs - These are all examples of the same techniques just on sites that get tens of millions of PVS a month.
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Curtis2011 11 years ago

I've linked websites together and had no problem.

Google doesn't care about a few websites linked. They will only really notice if your entire link profile looks manipulated.
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