301 to main page or deeper page for best 'link juice'.

[tkobrien]

I have two rafting websites. One ranks high for one set of keywords. The other ranks okay for a different set. I want to redirect the whole second site to the first to give the first more link juice and hopefully lift the first site even more in the rankings. Would it be better to link to a deeper page of the 1st site. I have a page that does well for some long tail keywords or would it be better to link to the main page. Or is it a bad idea over all.

[lavellester]

Hi

I'd maybe create the pages from the second site on the first site (if it fits)and set-up multiple 301 redirects.  If you have any anchor text links the 301 redirects will match them up on the new site.

site2.com/wood-rafts >> 301 >> site1.com/wood-rafts site2.com >> 301 >> site1.com

whether its a good idea depends on your business goals etc

hope this helps/makes sense.