Is this kind of link structure bad for SEO?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by Edz, Feb 10, 2006.

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    If i use this kind of technique to pull in links on my page would this hurt any SEO efforts or would it not have any negative impact?

    This is what i am going to use to pull in links on a bunch of pages for saving time and effort with updating articles and such.

    Thanks.
     
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    mdvaldosta Peon

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    That would output as html, the php tags wouldn't be seen. But, I think I know what your trying to do and theirs a better way of doing it.

    Put your links in a file in html format, and wherever you want those links to appear simply put: <? include("file.php") ?>
     
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    JEET Notable Member

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    If you are using PHP , then use the Include command instead of echo .
    The output is anyway a final PHP page which has the link written in simple html so it shouldn't hurt using ECHO either .
    Although with INCLUDE you can change the navigation by changing one file only.

    If that link is not in navigation , then I think you can use echo because it also "writes" the text/ html to the final page ...

    Just a moment late...Almost the same post.
    Regards
    Jeet
     
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  4. Edz

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    Well, it is not intended for main menu navigation but as an extra to point to other news stories.

    @Mdvaldosta

    So i can make a php file that holds for example this kind of coding:

    file.php
    and then place this code whereever i want to pull in the links on my page:

    Just to be sure ;)
     
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  5. NameWolf

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    To come back to the original question, this would not have any negative effects on seo, correct ?
     
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    That is correct, from what is been said i come to the same conclusion.
     
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    BTW, how should the code look like if i want the text to appear in bold and fontsize arial and fontsize 8?

    Oh yeah and color of my choosing?
     
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    No it wouldn't. Whatever you put in that file and call with a php includes will be output in html just like you put it there yourself. For ease of maintenance, I build my sites somewhat like this:

    doc type
    <title>my title</title>
    meta tags
    <? include("header-navigation.php") ?>
    my page content, blah blah
    <? include("footer.php") ?>

    Now, when I need to update my footer or add another navigation link or change my logo... I do it in 1 file only. Hell, I could change my whole design for a site with 10,000 pages editing just a couple files.
     
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    It's as simple as what you'd do if you put the links there yourself.

    For more clarification, what I do when I design a site is build the whole site in html. Then, I chop it up into a header, footer, navigation, and what's left is my content. Put them all in separate files. Then, I just build new content pages and call the header, footer, and navigation.
     
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