Cross Linking

Cross linking

Cross linking is the process of linking between two sites. They may or may not be owned by the same person, cross linking is the process on which the internet is built. It allows users to navigate sites with content similar to that which they are already viewing, and may be of further related that are of interest to them.

Crosslinking, Cross Linking or Reciprocal Linking all are synonyms.

Crosslinking your website to others related to the subject of your site or site pages can improve your placement and page rank. Your reciprocal linking approach should be based on two simple factors.

• To Relevant site.
• Cross link to well ranked sites.

Here the concern is all about relevant content. Meaningful code, page text and exchanging the link reciprocally.

Cross linking serves an interesting purpose in terms of search engine optimization. Link popularity is one of the significant factors involved in how search engines determine the value, its importance and relevance of sites on a given topic. This computation is then reflected in the site's search ranking.

Some Do's and Don'ts of Cross Linking:

• Do not use cross linking on every page. This dilutes the quality of the link, and will appear problematic to the search engines.
• Avoid creating a "link ring". (A link ring is when several sites are cross linking to each other with no other sites linked into the ring they create.)
• Make the site content unique and original.
• Prefer for different IP addresses.

Cross linking between sites is a popular method of search engine marketing. Both reciprocal links and inbound links can be valuable SEO tools provided cross linking is used effectively, especially if you are the owner of both web sites.

Some rules to remember while crosslinking:

• Excessive means Unacceptable : linking two sites together from every page within a site is unacceptable by SEO crawlers.
• Original : the content of the website should be original.
• Anchor Text : keyword-rich anchor text to link the sites together should be used.

Cross linking is useful only if it makes sense and it is not overdone.