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pigsinpink said: Is there a listing on the internet that tells you which sites are link farms?
Eliz.
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[edited by: tedster at 6:29 am (utc) on Aug. 30, 2006]
Why would anybody bother?
No need to, many snitch on themselves with footers like this...
Join my webring.
Submit your link.
Most link farms in the general sense can be easily spotted. You'll usually find a block of links that lead to other sites in the "farm".
Sites with directories attached to them that offer the "run of the mill" submit your link setup are easily detected and typically would be classified as a link farm.
Webrings are another form of link farming.
Programs that send out automated link requests would most likely be classified as part of a "link farming" operation. Not all, but most.
Link farming can also be generalized as the process of exchanging reciprocal links as that is the foundation of the farm.
Some links farms have come a long way since the Inktomi days, which is when I think links really started to garner mass attention. Now there are one ways, two ways, three ways, and all sorts of ways. Manipulation of the farming methods has become very high tech in some sectors. ;)
Link farms can happen by accident, too. Like, there are many private wikis out in the public that are wide open for adding your links to. But you have to ask yourself if you really want to squeeze your URL between a pharma link and a pron link. Perhaps they won't hurt you, but I don't think they'll help much, either.
