Outbound links

John Romaine · 03-06-2011, 09:57 PM

I have a hunch ......

Would it be plausable to think that by placing relevant high quality (high PR) outbound links within my articles that this could give my site a boost in the SERPS?

Im seeing a site thats ranking well for a keyword Im chasing and its obviously a spam site, (has very little relevance and has no real content) yet is ranked 3rd position. I noticed a lot of outbound .gov and .edu type links in the footer.

Has anyone here experimented extensively or tested this theory?

Cheers,
John

TheAnnoyingOrange · 03-07-2011, 01:00 AM

I won't be much help here as I haven't tested it at all but I feel that by linking to other high quality/authority sites from within an article you may boost your chances at being ranked higher.

My reasoning would be that google would be looking to rank a webpage that won't have the seeker going back to google for more information.

The downside is that you may lose out to your traffic leaking to other websites AND the fact that this is just my opinion and I have no evidence to back this up at all.

I guess all you can do is..... test?

All the best.

jazbo · 03-07-2011, 02:45 AM

Yes, it is proven. It is related to "hubs" and the trust between high quality content sites/pages on the same topic. Outbound links look natural and are what the web is about, so yes link out to wikipedia etc when you can.

Alina Tru · 03-07-2011, 03:08 AM

Yeah, I am agree with you. We can check many spam site in good position in search engine. yeah those have less content and not relevancy but those site have strong backlink sites with .gov and .edu domains. But these not mention good position in search engine in every time. Now google have changed good own algorithm. I hope this kind of not produce again and again.

arttse · 03-07-2011, 04:21 AM

Google Webmaster encourages outbound links so follow their lead.

You should probably make the links "nofollow" in case google suspects you may be link trading - just be on the safe side.

To make it look natural dont just link out to high PR sites...link to low ranked sites - as long as they are of high quality and relevant.

John Romaine · 03-07-2011, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazbo

Yes, it is proven. It is related to "hubs" and the trust between high quality content sites/pages on the same topic. Outbound links look natural and are what the web is about, so yes link out to wikipedia etc when you can.

Interesting.

I can only assume that Google ranks pages based (somewhat anyway) on the pages that a site may "associate with"

Would I be close in thinking that?

John

03-06-2011, 09:57 PM	#1
John Romaine No excuses - Just do it War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,018 Thanks: 990 Thanked 1,773 Times in 890 Posts	Outbound links - all hype or proven? I have a hunch ...... Would it be plausable to think that by placing relevant high quality (high PR) outbound links within my articles that this could give my site a boost in the SERPS? Im seeing a site thats ranking well for a keyword Im chasing and its obviously a spam site, (has very little relevance and has no real content) yet is ranked 3rd position. I noticed a lot of outbound .gov and .edu type links in the footer. Has anyone here experimented extensively or tested this theory? Cheers, John
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03-07-2011, 01:00 AM	#2
TheAnnoyingOrange Impossible Is Nothing Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 260 Thanks: 28 Thanked 52 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Outbound links - all hype or proven? I won't be much help here as I haven't tested it at all but I feel that by linking to other high quality/authority sites from within an article you may boost your chances at being ranked higher. My reasoning would be that google would be looking to rank a webpage that won't have the seeker going back to google for more information. The downside is that you may lose out to your traffic leaking to other websites AND the fact that this is just my opinion and I have no evidence to back this up at all. I guess all you can do is..... test? All the best.
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jazbo Systematic Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Norfolk, England. Posts: 1,911 Blog Entries: 9 Thanks: 35 Thanked 296 Times in 218 Posts Social Networking	Re: Outbound links - all hype or proven? Yes, it is proven. It is related to "hubs" and the trust between high quality content sites/pages on the same topic. Outbound links look natural and are what the web is about, so yes link out to wikipedia etc when you can.

03-07-2011, 03:08 AM	#4
Alina Tru Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: In Your Mind Posts: 81 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Social Networking	Re: Outbound links - all hype or proven? Yeah, I am agree with you. We can check many spam site in good position in search engine. yeah those have less content and not relevancy but those site have strong backlink sites with .gov and .edu domains. But these not mention good position in search engine in every time. Now google have changed good own algorithm. I hope this kind of not produce again and again.
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03-07-2011, 04:21 AM	#5
arttse Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 558 Thanks: 203 Thanked 73 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Outbound links - all hype or proven? Google Webmaster encourages outbound links so follow their lead. You should probably make the links "nofollow" in case google suspects you may be link trading - just be on the safe side. To make it look natural dont just link out to high PR sites...link to low ranked sites - as long as they are of high quality and relevant.