Forwarding and Backlink Questions. Please help.

[bmugford]

I am launching a domain sales site in the near future. I own several domains that get a good amount of traffic that are difficult to monetize (CCC.com / LLLL.com / LLLL.net / etc)

I would ideally like to forward that traffic to the domain sales site to build traffic.

My questions are -

1.) Is this a good/bad idea?
2.) If I forward it and use a 301 direct would that be alright?


Now a backlink question. Let's say I have domains that are parked and there is an ability to add a backlink to the domain sales site in the content section.

1.) Is there a benefit to adding a backlink on all parked pages to my domain sales site?
2.) Are there any negatives about doing this?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Brad

 

[shockie]

1) it would be a good idea since any traffic you do get from those domains are more than likely from domainers (or if you're lucky, from end-users). if you do proceed with this, i'd suggest you still keep some sort of custom landing page for that specific domain. the navigation/template can be the same for all the domains.

2) you'd probably want to do a 302 or meta refresh / javascript redirection to make managing all of it easier for changes etc. i don't see a need for the permanency of a 301.

3) unless you're getting lots of links pointed to the parked page (unlikely), i don't think that there will be much seo difference. however, it could lead to more sales.

4) negatives? i would be more inclined to look at the endgame and get sales for those domains. as you've said, they are inherently more difficult to monetize anyway.

 

[bmugford]

Thanks for the response Shockie. Rep has been added.

Brad