Hi,

I recently purchased SEObook and I must say, it's one of the best things I've purchased on the internet. It kinda filled in all the gaps that I've been scratching my head about for a long time. There was something that Aaron mentioned that puts me on alert and that is being penalized for linking sites that are hosted on the same server/hosting account. Sure there are many people who register hundreds of domain names and then create sites full of links to their other sites while at the same time selling their links. I can inderstand that but in my case, I own a home improvement company and also have a deep interest in home improvement and thus I have created several sites (less than 5) that have links promoting my business. They are all relevant links since all my sites have to do with home improvement or home services yet they all have different business models. Such as:
1) www.bangkokhomeservices.com is my company's website
2) http://fixhelp.com is a home improvement directory for Asia
3) www.bangkokfinder.com is a blog that lists valuable finds - rentals, products and services in Bangkok.

They are all hosted under the same account and on the same server. Will I then be penalized for this?

THanks guys!

*Will I then be penalized for this?*

IMO it depends largely on what else is in the mix, from what I've seen sites that get a linkage based penalty usually feature interlinked domains, but invariably there's other linkage stuff going on.

Very rare for an otherwise "clean" site to be pinged for moderate interlinking by G IMO, though Y! is known to take exeption to it...

To add to this. What about sites that have multiple regional sites (and domains). For example a US, Canadian & UK ecommerce site...each linking to each other with links like "Shop in US dollars"....

Would that be considered grounds for a slap on the wrist if each of those sites are residing on different domains? They are linked for usability purposes not SEO purposes. (i.e. US shopper accidentally ends up on UK site, but there's a link up top to direct them to the US site).