What Is A "link Farm"?

[queenpictoria]

In doing research into engine submissions and such, I have

come across the term "Link Farm".

 

What is a "Link Farm"? How many links does it take to make a "Link Farm"?

 

Perhaps I am too enthusiastic about my affiliate banners...????

 

I want to learn to practice prudence.

 

Thanks,

queenpictoria

[TCH-Rob]

In short, a link farm is a page or pages of links that consists almost entirely of a long list of unrelated links.

[queenpictoria]

In short, a link farm is a page or pages of links that consists almost entirely of a long list of unrelated links.

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Hello Rob,

 

What do you think of this page?

 

Queen Pictoria's Menagerie

 

The links are all related, but it was my first effort at laying out banners.

I wanted to make it easy for anyone buying pet supplies to find what they need.

 

Is it too much?

 

Thanks very much,

queenpictoria

[TCH-Rob]

April,

 

As they are related, I would say that it was not a link farm. Just my personal opinion though. One of our more SEO knowledgeable members might have a more reliable answer though.

[Deverill]

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_farm) has a definition of link farm that may clear it up a bit for you.

 

In essence, you'd have to have far more links to be considered a link farm... yours is more of a "link flower box"

 

No more links than you have and the fact that they are all related somewhat makes it a non-issue for search engines. Just look at a lot of the links pages for other sites... there are normally 10-30 (my best guess) links in a "Other web sites to visit" kind of page.

 

No, you're fine with your page as it is.