Link management script that is Google compliant

Do they exist?

[hdpt00]

I am looking for a links management script, where it is done via SSI or php or some type of dynamic script that allows me to track my link partners click out. I would prefer a script that transfers no PR to the sites I link, and does not hurt me in the process. I need to be able to track in order to make sure the hits I get from partners is 1:1 with what I will send out. The script will dynamically load every hour and rotate the links as necessary moving the #1 referrer to top spot, etc. Is there anything out there right now that won't damage google PR or listings?

Thanks,
Brandon

[Marcia]

Brandon, first off we won't be dropping URLs to scripts, but you can find any type of script using a Google search or digging through the appropriate category at ODP or in the Google Directory.

If you do a site search here you'll find a lot of threads asking whether certain types of links transfer PR - mostly by people concerned whether links from sites will be doing their PR any good - so they're not exactly popular with people who do recip linking and want to get back benefit for giving benefit or wondering if certain directories are worth submitting to.

If you run outbound links through a script that redirects and counts there's been no evidence that it'll hurt you with Google, but if your link partners expect to be getting PR from you, it could be hurting them if you're preventing the transfer of PR.

It could come back to bite you in the posterior if the people linking to you pull the links to your site in return, especially if someone were to figure out what's happening, have a really "bad hair day" and write to other link partners to let them know.

[hdpt00]

Well if I do not mind sending them PR, because I realize now this will be huge, how in the world can I count the clicks on a link? Is it possible them?

-Brandon

[cbpayne]

>I would prefer a script that transfers
>no PR to the sites I link

So you expect sites to link to you to help your PR, but you want to link to sites and not give them PR. I seriously question your ethics.

[hdpt00]

You are right. As I am sort of new to this PR game of linking, I realize that would be wrong. I did a lot of research and realized my first post is not accurate. I would indeed, after doing the appropriate research; feel like the best way to from a mutual partnership would be to transfer the PR. I am not trying to be unethical, in my original research I saw some sites saying to do this, but after further review and dismissing hose site's views, I believe it is mine and my partners' best interest to exchange the PR feed.

Sorry about that,
Brandon

[notsosmart]

hdpt00, I am glad you understand that what you originally suggested would be extrenely unethical.

As far as the linking script is concerned - I believe that you're out of luck. There is simply no way track static html links without using a script of some sort, at least no way that I am aware of, and we do A LOT of linking.

But ask yourself this: do you really need this functionality? Despite what many people will tell you here, few visitors ever bother to find link pages, and then to click over to a site.

The same small number of people who click on the links you post on your site will also click over from your link partner's site. If you want to improve the odds for you, I would suggest that you write a good link title and description, which will insure higher click-throughs on your link, and don't worry about it further.

[MikeBeverley]

Link management script that is Google compliant
Do they exist?

Not really. And it seems as though your motivation is not in keeping with Google guidelines:

feel like the best way to from a mutual partnership would be to transfer the PR.

where the Google guidelines say this:

"Avoid tricks intended to improve search engine rankings ... Another useful test is to ask, "Does this help my users? Would I do this if search engines didn't exist?"

This isn't a lecture, it's just to try and get across that if you're thinking of Google as a game you can cheat at then you're in danger. It's only the sites that don't 'do everything they can to boost rankings' that seem to hold them after every update.