Add a direct link from diigo website to the target webpage - 133 views

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  #1 Maggie Tsai on 08 Apr 07

   

  ~ Posted by Eyal
  
  A direct link will tell google and other link-based search engines more
  about the popularity of the target page (increase its PageRank )
  
  currently, when pressing on a bookmark in diigo, you are taken to a
  redirect page on diigo, that sends you to the target webpage.
  
  so google has no indication if this webpage was saved by a single diigo
  user, or by 1000 diigo users, and thus, the PageRank score is not
  affected, and on a wider aspect, the actual importance of this webpage
  is lost.
  
  On the other hand, if there's a direct link from each of the 1000 diigo
  users that saves it, it will be easily reflected in the target webpage's
  google position.
  
  You can implement it in a few ways:
  1. adding a "direct link" button , that is easily accessible to both
  people and search bots
  2. adding an invisible link , that is only accessible and viewable by
  search engines (be careful with this feature)
  3. changing the main link to a direct link. (you can still track
  outgoing links with javascript)
  
  
  [ Note: I'm aware that the "about" page DOES link directly to the target
  webpage, but it still doesn't reflect the link's popularity among
  D-goers, since it's the same "about" page regardless of the number of
  diigo users that saved it ]

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">~ Posted by Eyal <br /> <br /> A direct link will tell google and other link-based search engines more <br /> about the popularity of the target page (increase its PageRank ) <br /> <br /> currently, when pressing on a bookmark in diigo, you are taken to a <br /> redirect page on diigo, that sends you to the target webpage. <br /> <br /> so google has no indication if this webpage was saved by a single diigo <br /> user, or by 1000 diigo users, and thus, the PageRank score is not <br /> affected, and on a wider aspect, the actual importance of this webpage <br /> is lost. <br /> <br /> On the other hand, if there's a direct link from each of the 1000 diigo <br /> users that saves it, it will be easily reflected in the target webpage's <br /> google position. <br /> <br /> You can implement it in a few ways: <br /> 1. adding a "direct link" button , that is easily accessible to both <br /> people and search bots <br /> 2. adding an invisible link , that is only accessible and viewable by <br /> search engines (be careful with this feature) <br /> 3. changing the main link to a direct link. (you can still track <br /> outgoing links with javascript) <br /> <br /> <br /> [ Note: I'm aware that the "about" page DOES link directly to the target <br /> webpage, but it still doesn't reflect the link's popularity among <br /> D-goers, since it's the same "about" page regardless of the number of <br /> diigo users that saved it ]</div>

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