The Wikipedia No Follow Controversy
Wikipedia in a recent descision decided to add the nofollow tag to all outgoing links, effectivly reducing any page rank boost or backlink effects from the search engines.
Without the boost in PR some people are screaming that it is unfair to small websites trying to start out. I don't think that this is true. While a boost in Page Rank by having Wikipedia link to you is an awesome thing, you have to think about why your link is there in the first place.
Relevance to the Topic. Your link should be a resource for people looking for more information than that included in the Wikipedia description.
So what do you get out of it if the backlink doesn't count? Relevant traffic. Thats what you should be working on anyway. Simply focusing on your page rank wont improve your site as much as if you work towards creating useful and compelling content that readers want to see and link to.
Read Wikipedia Links Useless for SEO for more information.
Without the boost in PR some people are screaming that it is unfair to small websites trying to start out. I don't think that this is true. While a boost in Page Rank by having Wikipedia link to you is an awesome thing, you have to think about why your link is there in the first place.
Relevance to the Topic. Your link should be a resource for people looking for more information than that included in the Wikipedia description.
So what do you get out of it if the backlink doesn't count? Relevant traffic. Thats what you should be working on anyway. Simply focusing on your page rank wont improve your site as much as if you work towards creating useful and compelling content that readers want to see and link to.
Read Wikipedia Links Useless for SEO for more information.
posted by Chris at 3:18 AM
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