Do search engines dislike you linking to yourself?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by fastbuilder, Aug 17, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi there,

    I made my page say as domain.com listing any link to other domain that contains certain link back to domain.com

    Do search engines dislike it?

    If so, why?
     
    fastbuilder, Aug 17, 2007 IP
  2. zangief

    zangief Well-Known Member

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    Search engines does not like unnatural links so you have to make them look natural.
     
    zangief, Aug 17, 2007 IP
  3. KC TAN

    KC TAN Well-Known Member

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    Sometimes linking to yourself is unavoidable... For example, every page in my site links back to my home page. I think this should not be an issue.
     
    KC TAN, Aug 17, 2007 IP
  4. Mark07

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    As long as it is internal linking for your own site it should not create any problems for you but that would also not benefit you in any great way as the links which the search engine bots are looking for are the organic, natural, one way relevant links which will boost the PR and the SERPs to your site.
     
    Mark07, Aug 17, 2007 IP
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    ablaye Well-Known Member

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    I agree. There is nothing wrong with linking to yourself. But you won't get benefit from it.
     
    ablaye, Aug 17, 2007 IP
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    Actually, having good internal links does affect how the bots crawl your site. It's good to have a lot of internal links so the spiders can more effectively find your content.
     
    clexmond, Aug 17, 2007 IP