Posted by Ernest__CT on 7/1/07 12:50pm
Msg #197994

There seems to be a new trend when Posting on this Forum.

Many people seem to be putting their Web Site address at or near the end of their Posts. Wouldn't that constitute advertising, which Harry has wisely outlawed? Are people really just trying to get more links to their Sites?

Reply by BrendaTx on 7/1/07 1:02pm
Msg #197996

I wonder about that too, Ernest.

It doesn't do a bit of good search engine-wise if it is not stated with http:// at the front of it. For instance, www.notaryrotary.com vs. http://www.notaryrotary.com. See the difference?

Reply by BrendaTx on 7/1/07 1:03pm
Msg #197997

Try that again...

www.notaryrotary.com

vs.

http://notaryrotary.com

Reply by ZeeCA on 7/1/07 1:05pm
Msg #198001

it is because someone posted that it makes your web page get

more clicks etc...............

gee Brenda/Tx now they will be changing them lol

Reply by Harry [NR] on 7/1/07 1:05pm
Msg #198000

That was recommended by at least one member as a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tactic. However, we have excluded the forum from indexing by Google and others because we don't want them thrashing our database by crawling 200,000 posts, so it will do those members no good from an SEO standpoint.

If I remember correctly, outbound links are even stripped from the posts in the archive, which are a series of static pages that we release specifically for Google, Yahoo!, MSN, et. al. Because those pages are static, crawling them really doesn't impact system performance. Since they lack outbound links, they will not help the members who continue to do this, either.

And, yes, I believe the links constitute advertising. It's been stated numerous times before: that's what profiles are for.

Harry

Reply by MelissaCT on 7/1/07 1:06pm
Msg #198004

See Msg #193792 n/m

Reply by Ernest__CT on 7/1/07 1:13pm
Msg #198006

Thanks, Harry! n/m