IanTurner
msg:425481 | 6:18 pm on Oct 15, 2001 (gmt 0) |
If you create a popular subject site - of course it should link to your site!! Banner ad on the front page would be a good start. That is a situation that most of us just dream of. Linking to directories, I am not sure on, though I'm sure there are some with views on the subject.
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paynt
msg:425482 | 3:00 am on Oct 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Hi Woody, I always link to pages, directories and others, that link to me. Nice reminder for the spiders that these exist. My suggestion for linking basics is to go up to the site search at the top of the page and run a search for any of your specific link questions. There is a wealth of information listed there. Things you might want to think about in your search are: Link weight
Creating links
Anchor text
Link pages
Directory links There are so many basics to cover. Feel free to bring any topic back up and ask questions about them, if you don’t find the answer within the discussion. I like to revisit previous discussions to see how things may have changed or if the thinking is still the same.
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guysmy
msg:425483 | 10:38 pm on Oct 20, 2001 (gmt 0) |
The more sites that link to your site, the more popular you are considered by search engines...it will give you a higher ranking!!
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IanTurner
msg:425484 | 11:30 pm on Oct 20, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Only on engines which take Link Pop as part of their algorithm - e.g.Google Fast - Altavista (maybe)
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billy fullerton
msg:425485 | 9:54 am on Oct 22, 2001 (gmt 0) |
>Only on engines which take Link Pop as part of their algorithm. Just about every spider based search engine uses link popularity as a factor Ian.
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IanTurner
msg:425486 | 10:53 am on Oct 22, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Even engines like Mirago and Northern Light?
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billy fullerton
msg:425487 | 12:35 pm on Oct 22, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Ian, Northern Light is an example of a full text search engine, meaning that it will read all text that appears on your web page. The use of phrases in the title and text is extremely important in ranking well on Northern Light. Northern Light does not consider the Alts, Comments, and Meta tags in determining rankings. Common words will not be assigned as much weight weight as uncommon words. Additionally, pages that have a lot of pages linking to them will receive better rankings. Northern Light also provides catagory results which are listed in the left column of the results page.
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