The SEO of Link Lists

dunc · 2012-01-09, 09:45 PM

Interesting thread, and I'm following.

I think in the long term what UW is getting at with SEO will be beneficial.... maybe even to the point of creating a new hybrid Links List type thing.

100 links per page is fine according to Google... but this includes all links, sponsors and inbound links.

I agree with most of the things - but too many ad spots is one I am not sure about, some mainstream blogs have shit loads - even if they are small and they still rank highly.

I also know that page titles are very important... so if you paginate, then you must have a unique page title.

Lots of good information can extracted from this Google SEO Guideline pdf

Useless · 2012-01-10, 12:29 AM

The largest failing point of the link list model has always been its integral dependence on search engine traffic. Most TGPs and MGPs use traffic trading scripts, which, with hindsight being 20/20, is fair to say was a brilliant move right from the start.

Toby is most likely right, that putting one's efforts elsewhere would most probably reap greater and faster rewards. My ideas are intended to help the link lists that will always be link lists, in one form or another. Obviously, there is a stubbornness to us and we'd like to keep the dream alive.

Anyone with the tiniest inkling of SEO knowledge would look at a link list and be amazed that they still get SE traffic at all. We pretty much do everything Google warns us not to do. We are reciprocal link-farming keyword-stuffing fools - and sort of proud of it.

The pure beauty of it is, we no longer have to worry about the sky falling. It has already fallen. We're walking on it right now. Whatever changes we make, should help us in the long run.

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2012-01-10, 12:29 AM	#2
Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	The largest failing point of the link list model has always been its integral dependence on search engine traffic. Most TGPs and MGPs use traffic trading scripts, which, with hindsight being 20/20, is fair to say was a brilliant move right from the start. Toby is most likely right, that putting one's efforts elsewhere would most probably reap greater and faster rewards. My ideas are intended to help the link lists that will always be link lists, in one form or another. Obviously, there is a stubbornness to us and we'd like to keep the dream alive. Anyone with the tiniest inkling of SEO knowledge would look at a link list and be amazed that they still get SE traffic at all. We pretty much do everything Google warns us not to do. We are reciprocal link-farming keyword-stuffing fools - and sort of proud of it. The pure beauty of it is, we no longer have to worry about the sky falling. It has already fallen. We're walking on it right now. Whatever changes we make, should help us in the long run. __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling. Last edited by Useless; 2012-01-10 at 12:31 AM..