Comments on: Do Outbound Links Hurt Your Rankings?

By: Sharolyn Norris

Sharolyn Norris — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:00:09 +0000

Thanks for explaining about links I was having a hard time understanding how it all worked.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:46:15 +0000

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your kind words and for reading!

Regarding outbound links, relevancy and quality is very important. On most websites, I tend to add “no follows” unless the page is linking to a .gov or Wikipedia type informational site or industry site that is an authority of some sort in an industry…

Thanks again!
Nick

By: Bruce Jones

Bruce Jones — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:28:44 +0000

Nick,

Thanks for explaining outbound link strategies in such a way even a homeowner could understand. Are outbound links to non related websites detrimental to SEO in your opinion? I always try to only add outbound links to sites that are similar to the one I’m linking to but maybe I should not be as concerned that it may hurt my rankings?.

And don’t forget we can always use the nofollow tags to make outbound links to non related sites not have any effect at all. I sometimes wish there was an opposite to the dofollow plugin for WordPress.

I just wanted to add that I enjoy your newsletters and learn something new every issue.

Bruce