Hi,

When considering Search Engines is there a difference between:

<a HREF="http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>

and

<a HREF="/redirect.asp?url=http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>

i.e. one uses a direct link, and the other isn't. With particular reference
to Google page ranking.

Or doesn't it matter any more?

TIA

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"Kevin Stone" <newsaccount@HotPOP.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When considering Search Engines is there a difference between:
>
> <a HREF="http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>
>
> and
>
> <a HREF="/redirect.asp?url=http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>
>
> i.e. one uses a direct link, and the other isn't. With particular
> reference to Google page ranking.
>
> Or doesn't it matter any more?

I would use direct links. If you want to track clicks, add some JavaScript
to the end of the <a> element. You can easily do it with Google Analytics
if you don't mind opening up your system to them (or another tracking system
if you want to spend money on it).

In Google Analytics you can do it like this:
<a href=http://www.example.com/
onClick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outgoing/my_link');>Those clicks will
register as visits to the page "/outgoing/my_link" in your Analytics control
panel.(Change "my_link" to whatever you want.)

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Op Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:14:58 -0500 schreef 1100000:

> "Kevin Stone" <newsaccount@HotPOP.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> When considering Search Engines is there a difference between:
>>
>> <a HREF="http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>
>>
>> and
>>
>> <a HREF="/redirect.asp?url=http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>
>>
>> i.e. one uses a direct link, and the other isn't. With particular
>> reference to Google page ranking.
>>
>> Or doesn't it matter any more?
>
> I would use direct links. If you want to track clicks, add some JavaScript
> to the end of the <a> element. You can easily do it with Google Analytics
> if you don't mind opening up your system to them (or another tracking system
> if you want to spend money on it).
>
> In Google Analytics you can do it like this:
> <a href=http://www.example.com/
> onClick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outgoing/my_link');>Those clicks will
> register as visits to the page "/outgoing/my_link" in your Analytics control
> panel.(Change "my_link" to whatever you want.)

Some people want to use indirect links because direct links decreases the
PR. Is that true?

On Feb 7, 9:25 am, Jan Paul van de Berg <j...@ulvandebe.rg> wrote:
> Op Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:14:58 -0500 schreef 1100000:
>
>
>
> > "Kevin Stone" <newsacco...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> When considering Search Engines is there a difference between:
>
> >> <a HREF="http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>
>
> >> and
>
> >> <a HREF="/redirect.asp?url=http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>
>
> >> i.e. one uses a direct link, and the other isn't. With particular
> >> reference to Google page ranking.
>
> >> Or doesn't it matter any more?
>
> > I would use direct links. If you want to track clicks, add some JavaScript
> > to the end of the <a> element. You can easily do it with Google Analytics
> > if you don't mind opening up your system to them (or another tracking system
> > if you want to spend money on it).
>
> > In Google Analytics you can do it like this:
> > <a href=http://www.example.com/
> > onClick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outgoing/my_link');>Those clicks will
> > register as visits to the page "/outgoing/my_link" in your Analytics control
> > panel.(Change "my_link" to whatever you want.)
>
> Some people want to use indirect links because direct links decreases the
> PR. Is that true?

i think that this is a mistake. either you want the link or you dont,
you shouldnt be linking to sites you dont approve of.

mark

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:25:46 +0100, Jan Paul van de Berg
<janp@ulvandebe.rg> wrote:

>Op Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:14:58 -0500 schreef 1100000:
>
>> "Kevin Stone" <newsaccount@HotPOP.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> When considering Search Engines is there a difference between:
>>>
>>> <a HREF="http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> <a HREF="/redirect.asp?url=http://www.somewhere.com/">Go</a>
>>>
>>> i.e. one uses a direct link, and the other isn't. With particular
>>> reference to Google page ranking.
>>>
>>> Or doesn't it matter any more?
>>
>> I would use direct links. If you want to track clicks, add some JavaScript
>> to the end of the <a> element. You can easily do it with Google Analytics
>> if you don't mind opening up your system to them (or another tracking system
>> if you want to spend money on it).
>>
>> In Google Analytics you can do it like this:
>> <a href=http://www.example.com/
>> onClick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outgoing/my_link');>Those clicks will
>> register as visits to the page "/outgoing/my_link" in your Analytics control
>> panel.(Change "my_link" to whatever you want.)
>
>Some people want to use indirect links because direct links decreases the
>PR. Is that true?

Huh?

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"Jan Paul van de Berg" <janp@ulvandebe.rg> wrote :...
> Op Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:14:58 -0500 schreef 1100000:
>
>> "Kevin Stone" <newsaccount@HotPOP.com> wrote:

>> In Google Analytics you can do it like this:
>> <a href=http://www.example.com/
>> onClick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outgoing/my_link');>Those clicks will
>> register as visits to the page "/outgoing/my_link" in your Analytics
>> control
>> panel.(Change "my_link" to whatever you want.)
>
> Some people want to use indirect links because direct links decreases the
> PR. Is that true?

I don't think so. I don't think it is a good idea to do redirects to avoid
supposed "PageRank loss".


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