Link Farm

[bitsnstuff]

Could anyone please explain what a Link Farm is or rather how a site would be classified as one?

I have joined LinkMetro and received 4 requests for links over the last couple of days, but the sites requesting seem to be just a little information with A LOT of links, not necessarily relevant to the content of the site.

The little information I have learnt relating to this subject makes me feel that these would not necessarily be good links to associate with my site.

Any help appreciated.

Kate.

[kyber]

As soon as you go from managing a few links in your own back garden to a large field full of links, you are into link farming.

It is about volume and relevancy. If you have a lot of links out of your site that do not really relate to or compliment your products and services then you could be seen to be running a link farm.

Mostly, link farms have no content though other than the links. Some link farms specialise in certain areas (anything to do with motorcars for example) and perhaps have a forum or other content.

The larger link farms will use database and link management technology.

You are going to have to go some way before you can accused of being a link farm.

The downside of link farms is that the search engines do not look on such sites that kindly (they are, after all, effectively competing).

Stuart

[bitsnstuff]

These particular sites have a big of information and content, but then a disproportionate amount on unrelated links. What confused me, is that they have a PR4 or PR5.

Kate

[Altoros]

I suppose link farms completely not working, it is a wasting of time. Moreover you could be excluded from the seach of google.

Dmitry