Questions about effectively using backlinks and multiple sites

dragonboas · Apr 26, 2023

I've got a few questions that I was hoping to get some clarification on.

First, let's say I have an old site with a backlink from the new york times, for example. Would it be better to: A - redirect the page receiving the backlink to my new site, which I'm trying to get built up? Or B - keep a live page receiving the NY Times backlink and add a new backlink on there pointing to the site I'm trying to build up? If redirecting is the best option, what's the best way to get google to see it? In this case, one of the links is from an article posted in 2003; I'm assuming google is no longer crawling it regularly. Could be wrong.

Second question, since I have multiple domains now, some of them may end up backlinking to each other, depending on what I actually do with them. Is it advisable to have them with different registrars? I have most of them hosted on Namecheap right now, and I like the idea of having things in one place for the sake of ease, but not if it would ultimately be detrimental if I want to use them to help each other in the long run.

Appreciate any help anyone can shine on this for me!

Loklush · Apr 27, 2023

dragonboas said:
I've got a few questions that I was hoping to get some clarification on.

First, let's say I have an old site with a backlink from the new york times, for example. Would it be better to: A - redirect the page receiving the backlink to my new site, which I'm trying to get built up? Or B - keep a live page receiving the NY Times backlink and add a new backlink on there pointing to the site I'm trying to build up? If redirecting is the best option, what's the best way to get google to see it? In this case, one of the links is from an article posted in 2003; I'm assuming google is no longer crawling it regularly. Could be wrong.

Second question, since I have multiple domains now, some of them may end up backlinking to each other, depending on what I actually do with them. Is it advisable to have them with different registrars? I have most of them hosted on Namecheap right now, and I like the idea of having things in one place for the sake of ease, but not if it would ultimately be detrimental if I want to use them to help each other in the long run.

Appreciate any help anyone can shine on this for me!

Hello Bro its better to do 301 redirect pointed to your running site. Also let you know if your backlink index in google then it's win win situation otherwise this will not give you any value.

Pikabooo · Apr 27, 2023

For your first question, it's generally better to keep the live page receiving the backlink and add a new backlink to your new site. This way, you're not losing the value of the existing backlink, and you're also adding a new one that can help boost your new site's rankings.

For your second question, it's generally advisable to have domains with different registrars to avoid potential issues with cross-linking and to diversify your domain portfolio. However, if you prefer the convenience of having them all in one place, it's still possible to use them to help each other in the long run. Just make sure to follow best practices for cross-linking, such as ensuring that the links are relevant and not excessive, and avoiding any manipulative tactics that could be seen as link schemes by search engines

dragonboas · Apr 27, 2023

Pikabooo said:
For your second question, it's generally advisable to have domains with different registrars to avoid potential issues with cross-linking and to diversify your domain portfolio. However, if you prefer the convenience of having them all in one place, it's still possible to use them to help each other in the long run. Just make sure to follow best practices for cross-linking, such as ensuring that the links are relevant and not excessive, and avoiding any manipulative tactics that could be seen as link schemes by search engines

Is this what I need to do to ensure they have different IPs and Subnets? Not totally sure how to control that or how necessary it is.

For the purposes of the sites I'm considering right now, I believe they would be completely relevant. Think of one site that is a blog all about babies, parenthood, lifestyle, etc... and the other is a site designed around helping people find babysitters. Not what they actually are, but that's the level of relationship. So there would be places I would want to link them to each other, but it certainly wouldn't be on every page by a long stretch. Only where it makes sense.

Also, I guess I messed up the quote for the first part of your response. Would re-setting up a live page and adding a backlink to my site provide more link juice or less than doing 301 redirects? In theory, anyway.

Guntater · Apr 27, 2023

301 redirects are the way to go - until they aren't! Remember not to use too many at the same time. I've found it might upset Google quite a bit. For your backlink-heavy domains, I suggest building simple sites that offer several links pointing to various places on your main site (and some other, less relevant sites). Treat it as an expanded ad for your business.

Bhankas · Apr 27, 2023

Just two dumb queries here:

1. If one has multiple sites from different registrars & hosts, when you submit your sites to Google, won't it indicate whom they belong to (unless you use diff emails, but for adsense you may need a single account I believe

2. I had some articles on eZinearticles on various topics long ago. For my new website can I use those backlinks for some benefit?

dragonboas · Apr 28, 2023

Guntater said:
301 redirects are the way to go - until they aren't! Remember not to use too many at the same time. I've found it might upset Google quite a bit. For your backlink-heavy domains, I suggest building simple sites that offer several links pointing to various places on your main site (and some other, less relevant sites). Treat it as an expanded ad for your business.

I wondered if that happened to me already, I picked up a domain that had 80k+ backlinks from a niche-relevant forum and redirected it to my site. Unfortunately, the anchor tags suck...big time. Not long after, my indexed pages started to plummet. They were also mostly posts that I had thrown up some rough content but never formatted it, no H tags, no images, no nothing, and some other posts technically targeting 90+ difficulty keywords. So I wasn't sure which was actually the case. It's finally starting to bounce back, but I've been finishing all the unfinished pages.

NeedMyLink · Apr 28, 2023

For your first question, if the backlink from the NY Times is relevant to the content on your new site, it's best to redirect the old page to the new one. If the content is not relevant, keep the old page and add a new link to your new site. As for getting Google to see the redirect, you can use the Google Search Console to request a recrawl.

For your second question, having domains on different registrars doesn't matter much as long as they are linked in a natural way. However, keep in mind that having too many interlinked domains could be seen as manipulative and harm your SEO efforts.

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