other sites cant see their links on my site with bot

[cmjennings21]

Hi,

 

I'm probably missing somethings really simple here! I'm manually inputting a site to link to into my links pages so that I can copy the URL off the page the link appears on, and copy it to the receiving sites reciprical URL. I'm continually getting the message that their link doesn't appear on my pages. It seem the BOTS of theis world can't see my links pages. Anyone have any ideals as to why this is happening.

Wooden Toy store

[tina_boots]

Hi,

 

I'm probably missing somethings really simple here! I'm manually inputting a site to link to into my links pages so that I can copy the URL off the page the link appears on, and copy it to the receiving sites reciprical URL. I'm continually getting the message that their link doesn't appear on my pages. It seem the BOTS of theis world can't see my links pages. Anyone have any ideals as to why this is happening.

Wooden Toy store

 

The most likely reason that is happening is because the code for your links are using a redirect. Meaning that rather than point directly to the other sites URL, they point to a file on your site passing a code which then redirects to the other site. for example:

 

.../redirect.php?action=links&goto=6

 

Links in this format are considered non-SEO friendly as they do not provide a true link that the search engines can see and are therefore of little or no use to the other site you are linking to.

 

Tina

Edited January 24, 2006 by tina_boots

[♥toyicebear]

Hi,

 

I'm probably missing somethings really simple here! I'm manually inputting a site to link to into my links pages so that I can copy the URL off the page the link appears on, and copy it to the receiving sites reciprical URL. I'm continually getting the message that their link doesn't appear on my pages. It seem the BOTS of theis world can't see my links pages. Anyone have any ideals as to why this is happening.

Wooden Toy store

 

In such a case you can also add a html link in the link description field, and the bot will see it.

[cmjennings21]

In such a case you can also add a html link in the link description field, and the bot will see it.

Whats the best way to implement a links page that is SEO friendly? The contribute I'm using is Links Manager v1

[tina_boots]

Whats the best way to implement a links page that is SEO friendly? The contribute I'm using is Links Manager v1

 

You can either do it all manually, which may become a lot of work if you have a lot of links and makes it more difficult to do a submit a link type of thing. Or use another system which does show SEO friendly links. I have looked at several different systems.

 

Many of them produce non-SEO friendly links just as you are experiencing. However there are some out there that do produce the good kind of links. Although I have yet to find the perfect one. Many of them that might be free are not open source licensed and have some undesirable hooks in them.

 

The best open source solution I have found is phpLinksDirectory, however its not perfect. It uses Smarty templating, which is usually a good thing, which makes it difficult to integrate seamlessly into osC. I have used it on an osC store, although it was not the usual contribution plug in sort of thing. In this case I set up the visual presentation to match the other layout of the store, however it is a completely separate application.

 

The ultimate I feel would be to modify the contribution you are using so that the links are SEO friendly. I'm thinking that may require a fair amount of effort, in the long run though might be worth it.

 

Tina