The other day I got a link request which was specific and reasonable.
They stated what page they would like it to be one - it was an internal page where I list support sites for photography and they (of course) provided the URL and anchor text they wanted to use. They included that they would put a link back to my site from theirs and how to do it.
However.
When I went to THEIR site and looked around I found that NO WHERE in their menu system AT ALL was there a link to the page on which they would link back to me.
Thus I jumped immediately to the conculusion that they had hired a (un, hum) SEO firm to boost their site standing using less than equal receipical link back. Users going to their site would NEVER see the sites they "linked to" - effectively making it a "I take and give nothing back" exchange.
So always check to see not only what page you will be on but if people can actually get to it from the menu.
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Tom Philo
, Sep 06 2007 06:44 PM
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Tom Philo
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Posted 06 September 2007 - 06:44 PM
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Posted 06 September 2007 - 07:56 PM
Yep. Great point Tom...Onwards and upwards...
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Posted 06 September 2007 - 09:33 PM
Oldest trick in the book, which I'll simply never understand.
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Posted 07 September 2007 - 11:13 AM
Anybody got an idea of how much value a link out actually has for your own site (if it's relevant etc.)?
By that I mean how do these links effect your internal PR?
By that I mean how do these links effect your internal PR?
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Posted 07 September 2007 - 01:52 PM
By established practical definition of link value, a link OUT is of no value to your page - only to the target page.
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Posted 07 September 2007 - 02:13 PM
What Taphilo said.
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Posted 07 September 2007 - 02:51 PM
They don't have to actually orphan the page, by the way. They can just block it from spiders, so watch out for that trick as well.
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