Internet Marketing Tycoon

**cowsgonemadd3** · 07-23-2005, 11:27 AM

Does exchanging links with non related sites(not diretories) do anything bad to my site? Can it hurt my sites PR or anything?
I was just wondering.
Thanks

**MightyMaster** · 07-23-2005, 12:30 PM

It doesn't help your PR ... that's for sure but I don't know for sure if it hurts your PR

**PortProphecy** · 07-23-2005, 12:44 PM

I always wondered the same thing. I don't have any answer, but I would definitely not link to any of the type of sites that EVERYONE looks down: porn, hacking, warez, gambling, MLM, Viagra, Cialis, music piracy, etc. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Google, Yahoo, and MSN penalize you for linking to that kind of crap.

**chrishirst** · 07-23-2005, 03:49 PM

PR is simply about the number of links pointing to your site. So any inbound links will count towards your PR assuming that the page has any, there isn't hundreds of links on the page and is not using any stupid tricks at their end.

However, Be very aware that the sites you link back to could seriously cause you a problem.

**cowsgonemadd3** · 07-23-2005, 04:49 PM

Well you know I see a lot of sites here that would swop links with me but are not related. So I just wondered if it was going to hurt to swop links with them even if they have high PR.

**WealthStream** · 07-24-2005, 05:23 AM

Related links obviously carry the most weight, but any incoming link will help your PR, so long as it isn't from a spammy site (such as a linkfarm). Even a spammy incoming link won't hurt your PR, unless of course you reciprocate it.

**chrishirst** · 07-24-2005, 05:56 AM

Related or Unrelated will make zero difference for PR. PageRank is just about the number of links pointing to the page and the PR value that is passed.

Related links make a difference for page ranking (the position in the SERPs)

**cowsgonemadd3** · 07-25-2005, 12:57 AM

Well how do I tell link farms?

**chrishirst** · 07-25-2005, 06:03 AM

Link farms are a bit like pr0n. you know it when you see it.