Will internal linking of related hub pages and adding links from Wikipedia be seen as promotional?
I link internal articles, they pass the QAP swiftly. I'm not sure if there is a limit to internal linking, but I have read the articles of experienced Hubbers who have several internal links.
Linking to Wikipedia is not essential. You must be already defining about that subject/topic in your article. I believe it's covers enough that way.
Besides, everybody knows Wikipedia. When in doubts, and when they need more information, people are smart enough to use it without your having to give them links.
Links, today, are to be relevant to the content. Related is not always relevant. In other words, I write a Hub about rebuilding a carburetor. Linking to a Hub about cars is not relevant, even though related. So, if another Hub is directly relevant to the content where the link is it should not be a problem. Also, if it is simply used as a suggestion to read another article by the author, then it is promotional. A hint is the big give away is the title of the referenced article by the link. If the title is suspicious of not being related or relevant then it will likely be seen as promotional.
by Chuck Bluestein 11 years ago
Now, not before, when you place a link, you have a choice to click rel=nofollow so that search engines ignore it. So in future hubs that you write or if you want to go back and edit, do not check this box for links to your own hubs. Also do not do this for links where you want to help the site. But...
by elizabeth 14 years ago
I don't understand why the lincs are sometimes nonsensical and not related to the article. For instance in an article about animals the only linc suggestion I got was on the word SYNC, which was incidental and not relevant to the hub I was writing. I was trying to linc a lot to all my articles and...
by Edweirdo 15 years ago
Hey everyone!I'm writing a hub about interlinking your own hubs, and I'm banging my head against a proverbial wall!I'm positive I read a hub about why interlinking your hubs is a good idea, and now I can't find it I think it was written by Mark or sunforged, but I may be wrong. FYI, it's not the...
by Eugene Brennan 7 years ago
I've had links to my own related hubs snipped on several occasions (mostly blatant lists at the end of a hub), but some links have been left in place after several snips. So is it acceptable to include a link to a hub which may be very relevant to the specific content in a section of a hub, if it...
by Nathan Bernardo 10 years ago
They'll be releasing an algorithm specifically meant to affect the rank of doorway pages. A specific that caught my eye was the fact that this could be relevant to internal linking on a domain. All sites use internal linking and it's been encouraged; generally it helps users find what they're...
by Mary Hyatt 13 years ago
Is it OK to write a Hub with nothing but links to your own work?Just wondering. I read a Hub with nothing but about 25 links to the Hubber's own work.
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