Blog Question...

[Alston]

I don't have any proof of this, but I think that a site with no external links is like cheating on a test and getting a perfect score.

My guess is that a site can look over SEOed if there are no external links especially if there are a lot of inbound links.

 

[dmiller90]

I don't have any proof of this, but I think that a site with no external links is like cheating on a test and getting a perfect score.

My guess is that a site can look over SEOed if there are no external links especially if there are a lot of inbound links.

Of course you would think that. Dont always believe what you read. Trust me. Its not cheating on a test, and it Damn sure has nothing to do with being over SEOed

 

[AtlantaLife&Health]

You need both sites linking into yours as well as outbound links. It's not going to hurt to link to similar sites. Go for it.

 

[sunkist219]

I don't have any proof of this, but I think that a site with no external links is like cheating on a test and getting a perfect score.

My guess is that a site can look over SEOed if there are no external links especially if there are a lot of inbound links.

Hey Alston,

I think you might be right. SEOMoz (the place where I got the article from) is a hub for SEO gurus, and a lot of really experienced people write for that blog - so I usually try and go with most of what they advise.

Interestingly enough, linking out to a few quality sources (other than your website) got a really high rating on this year's Search Rating Factors (things that matter in SEO) - it got a 3.5/5 for importance, so I think it's something I'm going to consider doing.

 

[CHUMPS FROM OXFORD]

"few quality sources"

If you know any...let me know. I get emails from different sites wanting to link, but most of the time they are non-financial related sites with PR 2 (or less!)

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[sunkist219]

"few quality sources"

If you know any...let me know. I get emails from different sites wanting to link, but most of the time they are non-financial related sites with PR 2 (or less!)

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I'm thinking by quality sources, they mean sites with great reputations. For me, I'd link to the New York State Insurance department, the DMV, or Insurance Information Institute. They're all respected resources for insurance information, so that's what I did.

I found that link exchanging doesn't work. It's one of the depreciated SEO tactics.

 

[deeddata]

Links are very valuable in getting better Search Engine placements. That is, links to YOUR site (versus links on your sites to others)... according to the search engine logic, if sites link to yours, then your site must be valuable.

 

[james511]

linking exchange with high pr site maybe better

 

[sunkist219]

linking exchange with high pr site maybe better

I've had absolutely no improvement with link exchanging. A lot of SEO professionals say that it's a dying trend because the search engines are getting smarter and starting to not credit it as much as they used to. I'm sure it's worked for some people, but I haven't found it's worth the effort.

 

[wildcat]

If you have a page/post that is on page one of a search engine, how do you mainain it? Do you continue to add content to it, make small updates, or just leave it alone and move to the next page?

In other words, how do you keep it there?