Would AdSense Mess Up a Link Wheel?
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I've searched the forum and Google to see about this, but didn't get an answer, so I am posting a new thread. Yes, it is my first, and yes it is a really technical question.
I have a couple of websites set up, and I am in the process of creating backlinks to boost my SERP rankings. What I want to do is create a big link wheel (22 or 24 sites, to be specific), with a mix of blogs on my own domains, free hosted blogs, Web 2.0 sites such as Squidoo, etc. (all of which I will refer to as "spokes" for the rest of this post for simplicity). My intention is to make a significant number of posts on every spoke in the link wheel, consisting of a mix of thoroughly spun posts, embedded YouTube videos, CC or GPL-licensed photos, etc. Every spoke will point toward my niche sites, and a smaller, randomized portion of the spokes will point to each of the articles I am using in the article marketing portion of my backlink strategy. I will also be hitting all of the spoke posts with do-follow social bookmarks.
With all of the work I am planning on doing with this link wheel, and with all the backlinking, I think I may end up getting some direct traffic on the spoke pges. Obviously, I want the traffic to move on to my niche sites. If I'm getting direct traffic on my spokes, though, I want to be able to take advantage of it. My thought was to just drop AdSense code onto the spokes, but I have one big qualm about it.
The whole point of the link wheel is to create a natural-looking web of sites to make the niche site appear to have a ton of authority in the niche. But would putting AdSense (using the same UID) on a bunch of the link wheel sites tip off the Google algorithm that the entire thing is directly connected? Should I monetize the link wheel, or is it not worth the risk?
I have a couple of websites set up, and I am in the process of creating backlinks to boost my SERP rankings. What I want to do is create a big link wheel (22 or 24 sites, to be specific), with a mix of blogs on my own domains, free hosted blogs, Web 2.0 sites such as Squidoo, etc. (all of which I will refer to as "spokes" for the rest of this post for simplicity). My intention is to make a significant number of posts on every spoke in the link wheel, consisting of a mix of thoroughly spun posts, embedded YouTube videos, CC or GPL-licensed photos, etc. Every spoke will point toward my niche sites, and a smaller, randomized portion of the spokes will point to each of the articles I am using in the article marketing portion of my backlink strategy. I will also be hitting all of the spoke posts with do-follow social bookmarks.
With all of the work I am planning on doing with this link wheel, and with all the backlinking, I think I may end up getting some direct traffic on the spoke pges. Obviously, I want the traffic to move on to my niche sites. If I'm getting direct traffic on my spokes, though, I want to be able to take advantage of it. My thought was to just drop AdSense code onto the spokes, but I have one big qualm about it.
The whole point of the link wheel is to create a natural-looking web of sites to make the niche site appear to have a ton of authority in the niche. But would putting AdSense (using the same UID) on a bunch of the link wheel sites tip off the Google algorithm that the entire thing is directly connected? Should I monetize the link wheel, or is it not worth the risk?
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