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Nailing the Coffin Shut on the "Don't Link to External Sites" Philosophy

Went Hot: August 6, 2008 - 1:00 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 334 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: Link Building

Rand Fishkin provides arguments against linking out to other sites as well as arguments for linking out to other sites.

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from Jeeb90 333 days ago #

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Well, I frankly think the idea that linking out to external sites is as important as getting links from external sites is nuts, plain and simple.

from JohnHGohde 333 days ago # - show/hide this comment

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Putting an external link into a WordPress post to another blog post on some other blog is automatically converted into a trackback by WordPress version 2.5+.

So, who ever is advocating no external links must not have heard of WordPress.

from mike.tekula 332 days ago #

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I think Rand's point in this post was to argue FOR linking out to other sites...I thought that was obvious in his two supporting points for not linking out versus nine points for linking out, the former being thin at best, the latter well argued and with supporting citations. In other words, I don't think he was trying to really give "reasons for and reasons against." He's making an argument by showing heavy support on one side versus very little on the other - in order to drive in that "final nail," as it were.

from JohnHGohde 332 days ago # - show/hide this comment

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Page rank is not finite. The only problem with external linking is that you create a maintenance nightmare, as far too many external links go bad for one reason or another.