Comments on: Do Outbound Links Matter for SEO (and more)

By: hosting guy

hosting guy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:36:58 +0000

Nice informative post, i was looking for some proper information about the quantity and quality of out bound links, at last i found some thing that worth reading.

By: Saad

Saad — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:18:50 +0000

Thanks for the post i was little confused on this topic But now it’s all clear.I will Do work on OBL… Thanks

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:32:00 +0000

thanks for this great article i never thought linking out also counted as everyone keeps talking off link juice flow leaving the site and PR i have ended up on my link exchanges adding the NOFOLLOW attribute do u think i should leave at that???

By: Buying used cars

Buying used cars — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:54:53 +0000

I know from speaking to many, many journalists that in some news organizations, outdated print- or broadcast-focused content management systems make it cumbersome for reporters to add links to stories. In other cases, reporters either don’t know how to add links, or don’t bother to do so. And in a few cases, editors still actively discourage reporters from adding links to stories due to mistaken ideas about what drives online traffic and demonstrates value to readers.

==>> Margi

By: Sonia

Sonia — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:56:17 +0000

Will outbound links will get juice from our site?

By: Bradenton Rentals

Bradenton Rentals — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:32:27 +0000

Outbound links should only add SEO value, if in fact the links add real value to the web. The intent of the SE’s is to provide the most relevant information to those searching, which means they want their visitors to find the most relevant sites. So, a poor site linking to good ones will never score higher then a good site linking to no one, assuming all other things are equal.

Bottom line, linking to other sites is good so long as those links are providing some real value to the web. This is why doing a “link exchange” with someone with a site without similar content is a wasted effort, no matter the anchor text. A user will not want to leave a site featuring used cars to another about breast feeding small children just because the two setup a link exchange and the SE’s will know this.

By: Cash Makers

Cash Makers — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:00:41 +0000

Nice article. Great read for all the newbs, trying to ensure me that if I link to some spammy “buy viagra” site, nothing will happen to me. Yeah, right!

By: Saravanakumar

Saravanakumar — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:14:13 +0000

Thank you, I was very confused as I didn’t know the difference between inbound and outbound links.
Now it’s all very clear in my mind I will start using outbound links on my blog @ http://www.bolg.sentersoftech.com

By: Transport

Transport — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:03:00 +0000

thank’s for the information, very good sharing

By: cheap web hosting

cheap web hosting — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:52:01 +0000

Pretty decent and informative post. What i think you can add upto 20 out bound links on your page, but the major point is the relevancy of the links. If you gona add irrelevant links i think it gona harm your page. Anyways you hve provided cool information. Keep on sharing.

By: Janny Willson

Janny Willson — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:01:01 +0000

I have been optimizing my site for a long time but still can’t see any position improvement in Google. I don’t know what else I can do.

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:55:16 +0000

I’ve been experimenting with adding relevant links – seems to cause google to index the pages.

By: mysapce

mysapce — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:11:20 +0000

It didn’t really matter to me much about outbound links, but after reading this post it really put it in better perspective and understanding the meaning of them.

By: rzcars.com

rzcars.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:09:51 +0000

I think out bound link is very useful like inbound link that crowling more speedily google robo.

By: Mohit Anand

Mohit Anand — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:54:03 +0000

Well, I agree with your post. Earlier, I had no outbound links on my site, then going through some websites like yours, I decided to include two relevant outbound links, and I can see a positive difference in number of visitors and my keyword positions on google.

By: Interior and Exterior Painting

Interior and Exterior Painting — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:55:39 +0000

Thank you for that post Darren I’ve been thinking long time for what are them outbound link and is it good to have.Now I know and I’ll come back to that site again for more useful information

By: zazo

zazo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:11:28 +0000

This was pinching in my mind from so long…I am now much more enlightened on this important SEO issue of outbound links.
Thanks for nice post there..:)
zazo.

By: SAP Claims Management

SAP Claims Management — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:51:32 +0000

I agree 100% with your views. OBLs do help if these are relevant to the topic of the page.

By: Website Design Company

Website Design Company — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:31:15 +0000

I have also heard that having too many links on your web site hurts your ranks as it drives traffic away but the argument you’ve given (direct readers to quality sites so that they come back to your web site) is a noteworthy point. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

By: Baguio Insider

Baguio Insider — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:38:16 +0000

Thank you for the information.

I am just about to use a flash menu built with a flash menu builder tool that contains, within the code links, to their website.

Will the search engines frown upon this since their site is not an authority site on the same topic as mine (being a travel website)?