Link farm an accumulation of web pages or whole domains in the Web is called, which serves primarily the purpose to put as much as possible hyper+on the left of on another Web operational readiness level. The individual sides of such a link farm are often each other similar or identical very. The production of such link farms serves for to the search machine optimization in such a way specified and/or manipulation of search machines, i.e. the linked Website is to be brought to the hit list for retrieval queries on one of the first places.

Here the fact makes itself that search machines web pages not only on the basis the text occurring on the side, but also on the basis more referring left and their anchor text to evaluate. More referring left usually mean thereby a better placement in the search results. However search machines consider not only the number on a side of referring left (so-called left Popularity), but also their quality (with Google by PAGE-climb).

A similar technology uses also the Google bomb. A side is not to be revalued however, but not be set into a special purchase.

The guidelines of most search machines warn of the production of link farms. Offences can be punished with the exclusion of individual sides or whole domains from the search index.

Another - with the guidelines conformal - possibility the rank of an Internet side to improve, is the Linkbuilding in such a way specified. Here Web masters of other relevant sides are contacted, in order to receive from these a left on the own side.

see also: Free For universe left PAGE

One calls link farm also file systems or listings, those from many left (under UNIX: symbolic left) on the actual data insist, if necessary in several levels. That is made to reach over more flexibility or if data, which are present in a firm file system, under other names to be presented to be supposed.

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• http://phlow.net/webtechnik/beruf_linkfarmer_offsiteoptimierung.php - detailed article to the group of topics search machine optimization with emphasis on linking

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