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News Source: http://www.seomoz.org
Published: Aug 06, 2008 - 01:00 pm
Story Found By: DavidWallace 1388 Days ago
Category: Link Building
4 Comments
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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.
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.
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.
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.