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would love to hear what folks have to say about this as I have seen the same issue with our website for the main target keywords in our industry. We went from top 3 to graudual delcline to page 3 and for a couple of words we are completely gone. Like you we specialize in our products and have always outranked the big brands - not any more. Google must push up who spends most on ads

Thanks Guys. Points well taken.

I considered merging simply because both sites sell basically the same products, so making each unique would be somewhat difficult. My site (A) is much larger, better optimized, ranks well and had much more content. Site B has many products but little content which I think is why it doesn't rank quite as well. I am concerned about how much work it will take to get B up to speed when the same amount of work into A would probably generate more revenue. Just wondered if putting the work into A, redirecting B to A might be the best game plan. But maybe not long term.

If I aquire a website in the same industry targeting the same keywords. Should I merge them into one? I understand it's a bad idea to have multiple websites promoting the same thing, but i'd like to capture the customer base of a competing website.

What's everyone's thoughts?

A- Merge new to main website with 301's? will google like that?

B- Keep them separate? Will google like that?

C- Don't bother.

D- Toss the computer and get into Horticulture

Was the question if the banner looks cheesy or the fact that you are asking for backlinks?

either way I'm with Mike on this. If I liked the site i wouldn't take the time to backlink unless i really saw it as beneficial to my own website, but I'd share it with the share buttons.