Link Trading Q

[neveremail]

Originally Posted by Monsieur

Google Guidelines for webmasters:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html

Check for W3C Compliancy:
http://validator.w3.org/

Thanks they are both very useful as is Linksters input.

Just a question about the google guidelines:

They say:

"Don't create multiple pages, subdomains, or domains with substantially duplicate content.
Avoid "doorway" pages created just for search engines, or other "cookie cutter" approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content. "

But isn't this just what all free sites are like with highly duplicated mirror sites??

[Linkster]

Originally Posted by neveremail

But isn't this just what all free sites are like with highly duplicated mirror sites??

Very true - thats why you will find some very specific requirements on some LLs rules lists about how they want the doorways done

There are a bunch of old threads here on the LL forum that delve into the best way to do your free sites to avoid that TOS statement from Google - Id do a quick search over there for "doorway pages" and Im sure you will find loads of discussions from the past