Best cross linking strategy for micro sites?
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Hi Guys.
I created a micro site (A design showcase gallery) away from the main website to attract a lot of links in my space from competitors. It works so well it has become a valuable resource in my industry and I believe I will keep it running and adding content to it.
Is the best SEO strategy for the main site simply to link from each page to the main site? Or should I be looking at something else?
Thanks,
Alan
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Thanks Russ, that's just the kind of information I need to know
If I raise the value of the micro site will it not increase the value of the link? Or again do you not see it being worth the effort?I do not mind being too overt with the link as it has become such a good resource that competitors are linking to it even knowing we are behind it.
Another reason to maintain the site is it generates a lot of good click through traffic.A second related question as I dig into this deeper.
As I mentioned, we received a lot of links from some high value sites to individual sub pages on the micro site. After 6 months, could I look at adding a 301 from those pages to my main site? Maybe a with a duplicate of the original content being linked to...And lastly, a lot of my showcase content is getting copied and pulled into "Best 50..." posts with no link backs. I have emailed and asked with moderate success to get links back.
Has anyone a strategy for increasing back links in a situation like this? Maybe hidden or overt watermarks? (Not too overt or it will lower the value to current visitors).Or perhaps I should be looking at a more radical option of moving the entire micro site into a sub domain or sub directory of my main site...
Sorry for the stream of questions. New to the more technical aspects of SEO and trying to put a strategy around what started on a whim.
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You really only need 1 link, preferably from the home page. If anything, I would make it look like your main site was just being featured. That being said, it seems like an awful lot of work to get a single link, regardless of whether it had attracted links from your competitors.
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