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For a client of mine who has a flash site I made a page with a sitemap and 20 static optimized content pages. Im linking to the sitemap from the home page. The rest of the page has no content only a title and met tags. Now I want to get more pagerank value on those optimized pages.
How many links can I place in the (empty) body of the homepage? I only have the 'sitemap' link there right now. Can I put all the links to the 22 optimized pages there?
The standard response is "if it benefits your users, do it". The real-world response would be: if it doesn't look too spammy, do it. If you can design the page in such a way that the links look integrated within the overall design, go for it. 20 links won't set of any automatic alarm bells but might look like crap. 5 or 10 links is pretty standard in the footer of a splash page.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META name="description" content="my clients blabla">
<META name="keywords" content="10 keywords">
<TITLE>my client's business name</TITLE>
<!-- FLASHDETECTIE -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.insiders.nl/flash_detect.js">
//<![CDATA[
function getFlashVersion() { return null; };
//]]>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var requiredVersion = 5;
var flashVersion = getFlashVersion();
if (flashVersion >= requiredVersion) {
location.replace('home.php');
}
else if (flashVersion > 0) {
location.replace('geenflash.html');
}
else if (flashVersion == 0) {
location.replace('geenflash.html');
}
else if (flashVersion == flashVersion_DONTKNOW ¦¦ flashVersion == null) {
document.write('<p>This browser does not support Javascript-based Flash detection.</p>');
}
//]]>
</script>
<!-- FLASHDETECTIE -->
</HEAD>
<body>
<a href="http://myclientssite.nl/sitemap.html"></a>
<a href="http://myclientssite.nl/optimisedpage1"></a>
<a href="http://myclientssite.nl/optimisedpage2"></a>
<a href="http://myclientssite.nl/optimisedpage3"></a>
<a href="http://myclientssite.nl/optimisedpage4"></a>
<a href="http://myclientssite.nl/optimisedpage5"></a>
<a href="http://myclientssite.nl/optimisedpage6"></a>
</body>
</HTML>
This what above bot simulator sees:
May i put extra links like in the above code?
<html>
<head>
<meta name="description" content="company blabla">
<meta name="keywords" content="20 keywords">
<title>company name
</title>
<!-- flashdetectie -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.insiders.nl/flash_detect.js" > //<![cdata[ function getflashversion() { return null; }; //]] > </script>
<script type="text/javascript" > //<![cdata[ var requiredversion = 5; var flashversion = getflashversion(); if (flashversion >= requiredversion) { location.replace('home.php'); } else if (flashversion > 0) { location.replace('geenflash.html'); } else if (flashversion == 0) { location.replace('geenflash.html'); } else if (flashversion == flashversion_dontknow ¦¦ flashversion == null) { document.write('<p >this browser does not support javascript-based flash detection.</p >'); } //]] > </script>
<!-- flashdetectie -->
</head>
<body>
<a href="http://www.myclient.nl/sitemap.html">
</a>
</body>
I mend the code below. And does anyone think the google spider will find these pages?
Any body got hints or tips or a clue?
Good link idea:
<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/page1.htm">Widget</a>
Not a good link idea:
<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/page1.htm"></a>
That is my experience.
If you want to hide them, put them in a div, and set visibility of the div to invisible using css.
I often do this, and an onlick button - show sitemap which shows the div so i can't get pinged for hidden text. I also comment it all so manual checker is 100% sure its all legit
