Swanson - 2:24 am on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

Stefan, but whether or not it is good practice before Big Daddy what I am saying is that is if you have a problem now it is essential - not just good housekeeping.

"outbounds to pertinent sites are as valuable as ever"

Valuable in what sense - to the user (yes) - to Google (prove it).

I have a sample size of 8,000 differnt types of site - in my tests reducing outbound links increased indexing and index coverage. Please outline your experience in terms of Google indexing, ranking and traffic.

"Hide affiliate links - use encryption scripts" - easy, just check any free script resources. And on these redirect scripts place "noindex" tags to Google and friends. Works like a charm.

Stefan. Makes me think you are the sort of guy that plays by the rules and it hasn't gone wrong for you yet so you don't need to think outside of the box?