What is link popularity?

[bonjourvn]

Link popularity refers to the number of web pages on the Internet which are recognized by a search engine to have a hype..........

 

[angilina]

You did not posted the complete definition

"Link popularity refers to the number of web pages on the Internet which are recognized by a search engine to have a hyperlink reference to your site, or in other words are "pointing" to your web site as a reference. "

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[Keral_Patel]

Infractions issued Have some fun OP.

Next time please try and write something only if you want to. Please just don't start a thread because you want to pimp up your sig.

 

[Hafsoh]

The most important benefit of link popularity to a site is the effect it has on the search engine rankings, building quality and relevant links has two advantages, gaining visitors from the linking site and boosting page rank with the search engine

 

[bevan123]

link popularity is determined by the number and quality of websites that have linked to your website.

The effects of link popularity are 3 way
1.links to your site give Web users ways to find your site while visiting
other sites
2.links to your site give search engine spiders way to follow to find and index or re-index your
site
3.links to your site are actually votes for your site in search engine ranking algorithms, but not all votes are
counted equally.

 

[thewebhostingdir]

The theory goes something like this: The search engine Powers That Be have decided that if other sites are linking to your site, it must be a winner; therefore, it deserves a boost in rankings (when all else is equal). If you think about it, this makes a lot of sense. People link to good sites, not bad ones.