About links in footer

dianekramer · 05-15-2011, 07:55 AM

1. I have been reading in SEO Posts that google is now not counting footer links much as compared to content links. Is it better to remove footer links and simply put a link to product directory as high up as possible in the content?

2. How many internal links need to go to a category page from subcategory and product pages to give that page a boost?

Thanks, Diane

Fernando Veloso · 05-15-2011, 08:06 AM

Diane, there is no short answer for that. Some sites do pretty well with footer links, while others don't. Some questions arise about it: how many links in that page? What are they pointed to? Nofollowed or followed? And so on...

In SEO there is NOT a proven way to do things, it's more a test and see ongoing work, really.

masterjani · 05-15-2011, 08:35 AM

Try to place as much less as you can.Place more incontent links with inbound links.

paulgl · 05-15-2011, 08:37 AM

All things being equal, best links are high up, contextual, on relevant pages.

Not much of an issue for internal linking. Just watch your anchor text and
alt if an image.

Paul

ashleysmith12 · 05-16-2011, 12:23 AM

Hello,

As you can notice that your Footer links may be devalued by search engines automatically and Footer links are often not the first link on the page to a URL.

Thanks!!

05-15-2011, 07:55 AM	#1
dianekramer Warrior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	About links in footer 1. I have been reading in SEO Posts that google is now not counting footer links much as compared to content links. Is it better to remove footer links and simply put a link to product directory as high up as possible in the content? 2. How many internal links need to go to a category page from subcategory and product pages to give that page a boost? Thanks, Diane

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Fernando Veloso Portuguese Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Good Old Europe Posts: 4,013 Blog Entries: 7 Thanks: 1,660 Thanked 1,053 Times in 705 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: About links in footer Diane, there is no short answer for that. Some sites do pretty well with footer links, while others don't. Some questions arise about it: how many links in that page? What are they pointed to? Nofollowed or followed? And so on... In SEO there is NOT a proven way to do things, it's more a test and see ongoing work, really.
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05-16-2011, 12:23 AM	#5
ashleysmith12 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 231 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: About links in footer Hello, As you can notice that your Footer links may be devalued by search engines automatically and Footer links are often not the first link on the page to a URL. Thanks!!