Hot Linking

coder · #1 (**permalink**) 08-18-2005, 04:33 PM

Does anyone have any ideas how hot linking is handled by SE's. Do they see them as an IBL to your site or a duplicate graphic and ignore them.

It would be nice to know that we are getting some use out of all these people increasing our bandwidth.

bhartzer · #2 (**permalink**) 08-18-2005, 05:54 PM

The search engines don't care if people hotlink to your site. It's only causing you bandwidth--it's not benefitting you in any way. So, go ahead and stop them.