link farm ?

SEO super newbie here. My PR is 0, and currently no SERP. Site been up for around a month. I've been reading up on SEOs, and one of the things suggested is not to get a reciprical link from a link farm. so what exactly is a link farm. For example, I have a website where I have a directory section solely for link exchange. Is this considered a link farm? Please see example: med-eze.com/directory/

Any help would be appreciated.
thanks,

 

Did a google search for "what is a link farm" for you to get a better definition than just what I would have said on my own... here it is:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...GAPB:en&oi=defmore&defl=en&q=define:Link+Farm

 

thanks for the reply. that cleared things up a bit. I've also did more searches, and came upon another post here on digitalpoint that explains this really well. For those interested: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1065

 

its funny my post in thread is almost 2 years old, but yet I have still yet to see a verified link farm

 

So does that mean a Directory is a link farm?

 

I was asking that very same question for a while, but I don't think so.

From what I understand, and please correct me if I'm wrong...

Link Farms:
- consist of nothing but just non-related links, with no descriptions of the links, etc.
- All members of a link farm cross link to each other, increasing link popularity.
- Consist of many many links on the same page.

Directories:
- Their links are nicely categorized.
- Only related links can be found on the same page,
- Easily searchable,
- so I don't think they're a link farm.

 

Hahah. you're an O.G. here.
I guess all the worry for nothing.

 

Ok, cool. I have my site posted on alot of Directories, and was worried I would be penelized by the search engines for it.

 

I know the value of links but I don't see how linkage (specifically) to link farms is supposed to help you! I usually deny such link requests when I get them.

Can someone please advise.

Thanks!

Lyte

 

Yes, you should steer clear of link farms, they hurt your search engine rankings. Directories are helpful.

 

I have been told that creating link or resource pages on a site is good as long as the links are to sites related to mine. Am I understanding correctly that this could also be taken as a negative - A Link Farm?

Sorry, I am really new to all of this SEO stuff and just want out of the Google sandbox...