Comments on: Don’t Whore Yourself When Linking. That’s Dirty.

By: Leaidan

Leaidan — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:44:14 +0000

Touchdown! That’s a relaly cool way of putting it!

By: Shawn Farner

Shawn Farner — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:56:09 +0000

I don’t really see a problem with internal linking – especially if it makes you look smart . For example, if I predicted that Google would someday acquire Last.FM in an older post, I would definitely link to that post if it actually occurred.

By: Alexander van Elsas

Alexander van Elsas — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:37:48 +0000

Kyle thanks for your kind words about my blog, really appreciate it.

Mark J. What you describe is exactly why you need to be very careful with internal linking. SEO, PageRank, these are all internal and often revenue) motivators. Take the position of your reader and ask yourself what his or her value is. There is nothing against internal linking. It can add value if the link provides the user value.
But linking to yourself because it improves SEO and PageRank is a thin line that gets you to serve your own goals instead of those that read your blog.

By: Kyle Lacy

Kyle Lacy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:13:56 +0000

Doug and Mark,
Thanks for your comments. I don’t disagree with internal linking. I do disagree with too much of that type if linking strategy. What I tried to get across in the post was that I wasn’t against internal linking just to much of it. Too much of it can take away from thetrust factor. I encourage you to read Alexander’s post.

By: Mark J

Mark J — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:00:18 +0000

Kyle I’m disappointed in this post. One SHOULD post inbound links in their blog. Those inbound links are valuable for SEO purposes. Ever since launching our blog and using keywords as iinbound links to pages on our website we have seen our website’s rank on Google increase dramatically. I do hope you will seriously reconsider your position.

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:40:30 +0000

Hmmm, can’t say that I agree at all. If you have valid supporting content within your blog, you SHOULD link internal. Why should I force my reader outside my blog or website if I have further details internal?

One example where I can’t stand this is where all RSS Feed links are pointed to the post, requiring someone to click through to the post and then click through to the site. That’s just whoring for clicks.