Re: Giftgallery site problems

From: Andrew Ellam <andy.ellam_at_2-minute-website.com>
Date: Fri 23 Aug 2002 22:26:49 -0500

Linda Alexander <lalexander_at_write2thepointcom.com> wrote:

> Can you explain? If you are linked to a site of links, or several,
> Google might delete you? I'm curious to know because my highest ranking
> is with Google and I don't want to lose that position!

Hi Linda,

The unofficial word from Google is that:

- they consider link farms to be spam, and penalise the PageRank (PR) of
those sites,
- if you are linked *from* a link farm, then it won't have any effect on
your PR,
- if you link *to* a link farm, you could get a PR penalty.

This info comes from this person:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/viewprofile.cgi?action=view&member=GoogleGuy
who appears - with some evidence - to be a Google employee / possible
unofficial spokesperson (although of course one never can tell).

These "link farms" are sites which were set up specifically to improve
search engine rankings - they're quite different to normal web directories
(e.g. Yahoo, dmoz) which are fine.

Some ways you can improve your Google ranking are:
- provide lots of genuinely useful textual content,
- get links from the Open Directory and Yahoo,
- get links from other reputable sites with high PR.

I'd suggest installing the Google toolbar (which tells you the PR of each
site you visit) and reading this for more info:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2829.htm

Hope that helps,

Andy.

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Andrew Ellam, 2-Minute-Website Ltd
http://2-Minute-Website.com/









Received on Fri Aug 23 2002 - 22:26:49 CDT