Comments on: Outward Links – Good for Blogs? http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/ Make Money Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:07:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Tim Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:52:29 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/#comment-790 Yes, and I never said I was against linking to your competitors altogether, I just said "...be careful not to give your competitors too many links". ;) I am aware of the "authority" theory and I think it does make alot of sense. Yes, and I never said I was against linking to your competitors altogether, I just said “…be careful not to give your competitors too many links”. ;)

I am aware of the “authority” theory and I think it does make alot of sense.

]]> By: Wayne Hurlbert http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Wayne Hurlbert Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:26:19 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/#comment-755 One thing is certain. It's impossible to contain all visitor traffic to your own business website. People visit other sites too. That is a given. Your competitor sites will be visited, so the onus is on the site owner to provide the best site possible, to retain the traffic. The way to do that is to provide value in the form of quality useful information. On the issue of linking to competitors, and helping raise their sites in the search engine rankings, there is a theoretical case that linking to competitor sites enhances your own authority site status. While that concept is unproven, and based on anecdotal evidence, it does logically follow the theory of providing service to your visitor traffic. In any case, by providing strong content, and adding incoming links, a site will rank well in the search engines anyway, and has nothing to fear. :-) One thing is certain. It’s impossible to contain all visitor traffic to your own business website. People visit other sites too. That is a given. Your competitor sites will be visited, so the onus is on the site owner to provide the best site possible, to retain the traffic. The way to do that is to provide value in the form of quality useful information.

On the issue of linking to competitors, and helping raise their sites in the search engine rankings, there is a theoretical case that linking to competitor sites enhances your own authority site status. While that concept is unproven, and based on anecdotal evidence, it does logically follow the theory of providing service to your visitor traffic.

In any case, by providing strong content, and adding incoming links, a site will rank well in the search engines anyway, and has nothing to fear. :-)

]]> By: Tim http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Tim Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:18:53 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/#comment-743 Wait, I don't think you understood my comment. I never mentioned anything about "losing a reader". I am simply talking about search engine optimization. Why help your competitor rank higher than you. You have to read comments in context. Afterall, this article/post is about search engine optimization. ;) Wait, I don’t think you understood my comment. I never mentioned anything about “losing a reader”.

I am simply talking about search engine optimization. Why help your competitor rank higher than you.

You have to read comments in context. Afterall, this article/post is about search engine optimization. ;)

]]> By: Dane Carlson http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Dane Carlson Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:54:25 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/#comment-675 Tim, I disagree. I say link to everything relavent and valuable, no matter who owns it. People read and visit my weblog for the outbound links. My site's goal is to engage a reader and then to immediately send them elsewhere. I don't think I've "lost" this reader in a convention sense. People are smart, they'll go back to the sites that provide them with the best information relative to their interests. Tim, I disagree. I say link to everything relavent and valuable, no matter who owns it.

People read and visit my weblog for the outbound links. My site’s goal is to engage a reader and then to immediately send them elsewhere. I don’t think I’ve “lost” this reader in a convention sense. People are smart, they’ll go back to the sites that provide them with the best information relative to their interests.

]]> By: Tim http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Tim Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:41:56 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/11/linking-out-is-seeing-the-light-for-blogs/#comment-610 Yes, outbound links make you an "authority" on a topic. Just be careful not to give your competitors too many links. Yes, outbound links make you an “authority” on a topic. Just be careful not to give your competitors too many links.

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