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Old 07-07-2004, 06:31 AM
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Default Re: Is there any benefit to external links

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Originally Posted by flood6
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Originally Posted by Will.Spencer
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Originally Posted by nickc
If the link contains keywords then that can sometimes help your own site as can ALT and TITLE tags although generally it is the site being linked to that will benefit.
One quick note: ALT attributes on outbound links will be indexed, but title attributes on links are not indexed.
I find it hard to believe that the title attribute for an outbound link won't be indexed. I imagine you could find a page on google that has an outbound link with a title attribute. Just look at the cached version then look at the source. I bet you'll still see the title attribute.

If you are saying it won't be considered in google's algo, well that's speculation. I won't necessarily disagree, I have no idea.

I'm not trying to be argumentative, just curious.
Title is your friend"! cache or not it adds merit and is still indexed.

Alt="" is a forced attribute... much like using layers in Cascading Style Sheet where a default layer in seen at z-index: 0; but you can place layers behind default as z-index: -2; z-index: -4; etc.

Yet all layers are still "indexed".
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