netcommr - 12:54 am on Jan 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

Well done Brad..I've seen a few good listings for your site too. Keep up the good stuff bud.

Glengara, very good question, but I honestly think it is good for a true hub/portal. If Google is really giving a bonk to spam linkers I applaud them for it.

I see no penalty for sites that just link to a few other domains properly on the page to send traffic that way.

I see the bonk to sites that lack content, a bunch of banners and link,link,link,link,link,link, link,link,link,link,link,link, link,link,link,link,link,link, link,link,link,link,link,link, link,link,link,link,link,link,link at the bottom. They should be bonked! This is spam linking. You have no desire to send any traffic that way, you just want to boost your rank with an undeserving site.

Hubs (directories and portals) will get an even stonger boost if the spam linkers are gone.

This also means your can't get away with a small wannabe hub just full of links to your own sites. You need to acually do some work and build a content rich site along with your directory.

Paynt...good stuff as always.

tie in my keyword development with the theming

The last site I wrote I spent more time in research of phrases than I did in actually writing the site (first draft of course).

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(edited by: paynt at 1:08 am (gmt) on Jan. 4, 2002)