|
Posted by ship on May 8, 2009, 7:46 am
Please log in for more thread options
Hi
I have some SEO (i.e. PageRank) questions:
One of my clients is a golf course website in Scotland.
1. If my client website were to 'swap links' with 'almost every other
golf course website in Scotland' - (of which there must be say 200 or
so golf courses) would this:
a) Give my client website an increased competitive SEO advantage over
the other clubs? (most of whom presumably wouldn't have bothered) OR
b) Get my client hammered by Google for setting up a 'link farm' ? (!)
2. Is it better when swapping links to deep link or link to the home
page.
And is there any advantage of doing so asymmetrically - i.e. it is
better
for our site if we to deep link, but have the other sites link to
our home page?
3. If ALL golf courses were to link to all golf courses, would that
help all their PageRanks ?
4. Do the links need to be in the top half of the page?
5. Is there a maximum number of links allowed on one page?
- Any advice appreciated!
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
|
|
Posted by Adrienne Boswell on May 8, 2009, 9:44 am
Please log in for more thread options
in news:888c360f-68fe-43fd-9f3f-af6309a30470
@r34g2000vbi.googlegroups.com:
show/hide quoted text
>
> Hi
>
> I have some SEO (i.e. PageRank) questions:
>
> One of my clients is a golf course website in Scotland.
>
>
> 1. If my client website were to 'swap links' with 'almost every other
> golf course website in Scotland' - (of which there must be say 200 or
> so golf courses) would this:
>
> a) Give my client website an increased competitive SEO advantage over
> the other clubs? (most of whom presumably wouldn't have bothered) OR
>
> b) Get my client hammered by Google for setting up a 'link farm' ? (!)
If the links are natural, then there should not be a problem, for
example:
XYZ Golf Course links to ABC Golf Ball Company and vice versa
XYZ Golf Course links to DEF Golf Shoe Company and vice versa
XYZ Golf Course links to 123 Golf Course in the US and vice versa
XYZ Golf Course is in a group of courses, and links to the other members
of the group and vice versa.
Those are the kind of links that are helpful for the user. Where can I
get golf balls? Where can I get golf shoes? Where can I play in the US?
Where can I play golf with my new ball and shoes? Where can I play golf
when I'm on vacation in the US? There is nothing available at XYZ today,
where can I go to play golf today?
show/hide quoted text
>
>
> 2. Is it better when swapping links to deep link or link to the home
> page.
> And is there any advantage of doing so asymmetrically - i.e. it is
> better
> for our site if we to deep link, but have the other sites link to
> our home page?
See above.
show/hide quoted text
>
>
> 3. If ALL golf courses were to link to all golf courses, would that
> help all their PageRanks ?
See above.
show/hide quoted text
>
>
> 4. Do the links need to be in the top half of the page?
The links need to be where the user can easily find them. Regardless of
SEO, you really are there for humans, search engines don't play golf, do
they?
show/hide quoted text
>
>
> 5. Is there a maximum number of links allowed on one page?
Whatever is not going to overwhelm a user. If you have a directory of
1000 members, you are not going to print 1000 members on one page, are
you?
show/hide quoted text
>
>
> - Any advice appreciated!
HTH and please fix your signature. Two dashes, a space and a carriage
return. Conforming news clients will strip the signature when replying.
--
Adrienne Boswell at Home
Arbpen Web Site Design Services
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share
|
|
Posted by auctionair69 on May 8, 2009, 10:13 am
Please log in for more thread options show/hide quoted text
> in news:888c360f-68fe-43fd-9f3f-af6309a30470
> @r34g2000vbi.googlegroups.com:
> > Hi
> > I have some SEO (i.e. PageRank) questions:
> > One of my clients is a golf course website in Scotland.
> > 1. If my client website were to 'swap links' with 'almost every other
> > golf course website in Scotland' - (of which there must be say 200 or
> > so golf courses) would this:
> > a) Give my client website an increased competitive SEO advantage over
> > the other clubs? (most of whom presumably wouldn't have bothered) OR
> > b) Get my client hammered by Google for setting up a 'link farm' ? (!)
> If the links are natural, then there should not be a problem, for
> example:
> XYZ Golf Course links to ABC Golf =A0Ball Company and vice versa
> XYZ Golf Course links to DEF Golf Shoe Company and vice versa
> XYZ Golf Course links to 123 Golf Course in the US and vice versa
> XYZ Golf Course is in a group of courses, and links to the other members
> of the group and vice versa.
> Those are the kind of links that are helpful for the user. Where can I
> get golf balls? =A0Where can I get golf shoes? =A0Where can I play in the=
US?
show/hide quoted text
> Where can I play golf with my new ball and shoes? =A0Where can I play gol=
f
show/hide quoted text
> when I'm on vacation in the US? =A0There is nothing available at XYZ toda=
y,
show/hide quoted text
> where can I go to play golf today?
> > 2. Is it better when swapping links to deep link or link to the home
> > page.
> > =A0 =A0And is there any advantage of doing so asymmetrically - i.e. it =
is
show/hide quoted text
> > better
> > =A0 =A0for our site if we to deep link, but have the other sites link t=
o
show/hide quoted text
> > our home page?
> See above.
> > 3. If ALL golf courses were to link to all golf courses, would that
> > help all their PageRanks ?
> See above.
> > 4. Do the links need to be in the top half of the page?
> The links need to be where the user can easily find them. =A0Regardless o=
f
show/hide quoted text
> SEO, you really are there for humans, search engines don't play golf, do
> they?
> > 5. Is there a maximum number of links allowed on one page?
> Whatever is not going to overwhelm a user. =A0If you have a directory of
> 1000 members, you are not going to print 1000 members on one page, are
> you?
> > - Any advice appreciated!
> HTH and please fix your signature. =A0Two dashes, a space and a carriage
> return. =A0Conforming news clients will strip the signature when replying=
.
show/hide quoted text
> --
> Adrienne Boswell at Home
> Arbpen Web Site Design Serviceshttp://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
> Please respond to the group so others can share- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
I'm not completely sure that I follow all that.
Am I allowed to give you a link to the page in question? (And perhaps
we might have am more meaningful discussion...)
Ship
|
|
Posted by Nick Wedd on May 8, 2009, 10:34 am
Please log in for more thread options In message
auctionair69@googlemail.com writes
show/hide quoted text
>> in news:888c360f-68fe-43fd-9f3f-af6309a30470
>> @r34g2000vbi.googlegroups.com:
>> > Hi
>> > I have some SEO (i.e. PageRank) questions:
>> > One of my clients is a golf course website in Scotland.
>> > 1. If my client website were to 'swap links' with 'almost every other
>> > golf course website in Scotland' - (of which there must be say 200 or
>> > so golf courses) would this:
>> > a) Give my client website an increased competitive SEO advantage over
>> > the other clubs? (most of whom presumably wouldn't have bothered) OR
>> > b) Get my client hammered by Google for setting up a 'link farm' ? (!)
>> If the links are natural, then there should not be a problem, for
>> example:
>> XYZ Golf Course links to ABC Golf Ball Company and vice versa
>> XYZ Golf Course links to DEF Golf Shoe Company and vice versa
>> XYZ Golf Course links to 123 Golf Course in the US and vice versa
>> XYZ Golf Course is in a group of courses, and links to the other members
>> of the group and vice versa.
>> Those are the kind of links that are helpful for the user. Where can I
>> get golf balls? Where can I get golf shoes? Where can I play in the US?
>> Where can I play golf with my new ball and shoes? Where can I play golf
>> when I'm on vacation in the US? There is nothing available at XYZ today,
>> where can I go to play golf today?
>> > 2. Is it better when swapping links to deep link or link to the home
>> > page.
>> > And is there any advantage of doing so asymmetrically - i.e. it is
>> > better
>> > for our site if we to deep link, but have the other sites link to
>> > our home page?
>> See above.
>> > 3. If ALL golf courses were to link to all golf courses, would that
>> > help all their PageRanks ?
>> See above.
>> > 4. Do the links need to be in the top half of the page?
>> The links need to be where the user can easily find them. Regardless of
>> SEO, you really are there for humans, search engines don't play golf, do
>> they?
>> > 5. Is there a maximum number of links allowed on one page?
>> Whatever is not going to overwhelm a user. If you have a directory of
>> 1000 members, you are not going to print 1000 members on one page, are
>> you?
>> > - Any advice appreciated!
>> HTH and please fix your signature. Two dashes, a space and a carriage
>> return. Conforming news clients will strip the signature when replying.
>> --
>> Adrienne Boswell at Home
>> Arbpen Web Site Design Serviceshttp://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
>> Please respond to the group so others can share- Hide quoted text -
>> - Show quoted text -
>I'm not completely sure that I follow all that.
>Am I allowed to give you a link to the page in question? (And perhaps
>we might have am more meaningful discussion...)
You are. Indeed it would be very helpful if you did.
Nick
--
Nick Wedd nick@maproom.co.uk
|
|
Posted by auctionair69 on May 8, 2009, 10:19 am
Please log in for more thread options show/hide quoted text
> If the links are natural, then there should not be a problem, for
> example:
What do yo mean by "natural" in this context?
Are short tables allowed or punished by PageRank?
show/hide quoted text
> XYZ Golf Course links to ABC Golf =A0Ball Company and vice versa
> XYZ Golf Course links to DEF Golf Shoe Company and vice versa
> XYZ Golf Course links to 123 Golf Course in the US and vice versa
> XYZ Golf Course is in a group of courses, and links to the other members
> of the group and vice versa.
> Those are the kind of links that are helpful for the user. Where can I
> get golf balls? =A0Where can I get golf shoes? =A0Where can I play in the=
US?
show/hide quoted text
> Where can I play golf with my new ball and shoes? =A0Where can I play gol=
f
show/hide quoted text
> when I'm on vacation in the US? =A0There is nothing available at XYZ toda=
y,
show/hide quoted text
> where can I go to play golf today?
Yes but again, is it helpful to have the info tabulated into lists?
What density of links vs. copy is ideal?
show/hide quoted text
> > 4. Do the links need to be in the top half of the page?
> The links need to be where the user can easily find them. =A0Regardless o=
f
show/hide quoted text
> SEO, you really are there for humans, search engines don't play golf, do
> they?
This is a discussion about SEO. I am aware of what humans like me
want.
The question is: what can we do to compromise between the two to get
the best of both worlds?
show/hide quoted text
> > 5. Is there a maximum number of links allowed on one page?
> Whatever is not going to overwhelm a user. =A0If you have a directory of
> 1000 members, you are not going to print 1000 members on one page, are
> you?
In some instances yes, a list of 1000 members would be perfectly
acceptable to me in this age of broadband. Why ever not?
show/hide quoted text
> HTH and please fix your signature. =A0Two dashes, a space and a carriage
> return. =A0Conforming news clients will strip the signature when replying=
.
Did you write this or did the system?
Is this something I can get groups.google.com to do for me?
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
|
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Your advice needed | January 17, 2007, 4:28 pm |
| Hosting - advice needed please | March 2, 2006, 11:46 am |
| Advice needed for site | July 11, 2006, 11:16 am |
| Advice needed combining page ranks with PHP 301 redirect | February 21, 2007, 7:39 pm |
| Advice needed combining page ranks with PHP 301 redirect | February 21, 2007, 7:40 pm |
| Needed Reciprocal Link Code | February 7, 2006, 7:57 am |
| internal link structure critique needed | June 1, 2005, 2:45 pm |
| Link Building advice | December 9, 2007, 1:48 pm |
| OK help needed | January 4, 2005, 11:56 am |
| UK SEO needed | October 10, 2005, 4:28 pm |
|
XML Sitemap
> Hi
>
> I have some SEO (i.e. PageRank) questions:
>
> One of my clients is a golf course website in Scotland.
>
>
> 1. If my client website were to 'swap links' with 'almost every other
> golf course website in Scotland' - (of which there must be say 200 or
> so golf courses) would this:
>
> a) Give my client website an increased competitive SEO advantage over
> the other clubs? (most of whom presumably wouldn't have bothered) OR
>
> b) Get my client hammered by Google for setting up a 'link farm' ? (!)