Link websites that exist solely for the purpose of increasing link popularity. Don't list your site on link farms, since doing so could actually hurt your search engine rankings.
In the adult biz, a link farm primarily refers to a page that surfers never see that a webmaster uses for the sole purpose of putting up reciprocal links to directories and link lists. While sometimes paysites are allowed to get away with this, in most cases it will just get your link requests declined.
A group of separate pages all trading links with each other for the purpose of artificially inflating Link Popularity or Page Rank (PR). The use of link farms is generally considered to be a Black Hat technique.
A Link Farm or FFA (Free For All) are websites, where anybody can add a link. Do avoid, because many are banned by the Search Engines.
A link farm post large amount of unrelated links on their site. Link farm sites and the links that the site provides are pretty much useless and not worth adding links to. (a.k.a. FFA - Free for All).
A spamming technique where webmasters create tens or hundreds of sites, usually with automated software, with the sole purpose that they be crawled by search engines, and putting thousands of links to sites they want to boost in search rankings.
A set of web pages that have been built for the ...
a a spam method which involes setting up sites for the purpose of adding links to boost sites
a collection of unrelated links designed to manipulate the search engines
a concept in which a group of website owners get together for the purpose of improving their link popularity
a concept in which a group of website owners who have websites that are not necessarily related
a group of web sites that are required to link to every other site in the group
a network of sites linking to other sites for the sole purpose of increasing link popularity
a network of web pages or web sites that are heavily cross-linked
a network of web pages, which are heavily cross-linked with each other for the sole purpose of increasing link popularity
a network of web sites exchanging reciprocal links with each other in order to increase search engine ranking
a page on a website that contains many links to many different genres of websites without regard for organization or content
a page that is created for the pure reason to achieve a higher PageRank, and better SERPs
a page with too many links
a pseudo-directory that purports to send traffic, PageRank, and link popularity to its member sites
a set of web pages specifically set up to increase the number of links between websites and hence their link popularity
a site dedicated to placing any and all links in a jumbled mess of page after page of unrelated links
a site that accepts any and all websites that submit
a site that links to OTHER websites in an attempt to artificially inflate their own link popularity
a site that mainly only exist to give links to websites to help increase their PageRank
a site with a bunch of completely unrelated links scattered about in no logical order
a site with hundreds or even thousands of links on it
a strongly inter-connected network of pages linking to each other to boost PageRank
a system of web pages that exist for the sole reason of sending links to one another and ranking high on Google
a web page (or entire site) dedicated to linking to other web sites
a web page (or even an entire website) that is set up for the sole
a Web page that is nothing more than a page of links to other sites
a website full of nothing but links
a website or page that contains a massive number of links olny, without any formatting or visual or textual content, and that must be entirely copied to the members website, if he wants to join
a web site or web page in a site dedicated to listing unrelated links to other sites for the primary purpose of increasing incoming links to a site
a Web site that exist solely to link to other Web sites
a website that has little or no original content and is created for the sole purpose of exchanging links with other websites
a website that lists thousands of links with the sole purpose of gaining better search engine results
a web site that only includes a list of links to other web sites
A web page which was designed to only accept incoming links, which is seen by the search engines as a form of spam. In many cases link farms will be banned from the search engines for spamming.
Regarded by some as large-scale online scams, link farms are web sites that mostly just contain dozens of links to other sites, some of which may have relevance to the user′s search, some of which may not. It is a poor substitute for a good link exchange.
Technique to increase the number of links between sites and therefore boost link popularity. Link farms are disreputable versions of topical link exchange sites. Search engines discourage use of link farms.
Page containing a very large number of links without groupings, categories, or structure. These are often used to make sure search engines completely index a site.
A group of inter-linking sites usually established to increase PageRank but as of 2004 often downgraded by search engines.
a collection of highly interlinked websites with a purpose of boosting PR and search relevance. Participating in a link farm is against Terms of Service and can be a reason for banning from major search engines. Meta Search Engine – a search engine that uses database information from other search engines to get listings.
A Link Farm or FFA (Free For All) is a website where anybody can add a link. These sites usually display only the most recent links submitted, in no particular order. Since they have no value to a human visitor, they're considered undesirable by search engines.
a network of sites that all host an identical links page containing links to all the network partners.
A link farm consists of sites that link to other sites for the sole purpose of increasing their link popularity score. Link farming can get you banned from most search engines
Similar in meaning to an FFA. A link farm is a page full of nothing but uncategorized links. Search engines like links that correspond to the "theme" of the site on which they appear. On a "link farm", their is no "theme". Search engines are thought to penalize and poorly rank link farms, and the sites which link to them. You can't be hurt by incoming links from a link farm, but they do you no good, either.
A page that consists of little else but links to other sites and usually the sites listed have links back to the farm page. The goal of a link farm is to artificially boost rankings through link popularity and is consequently at risk of penalty or ban.
Is a group of interlinked websites which serve as a place for link exchange. Link farms usually offer thousands of links instantly.
A site that features links in no particular order which are totally unrelated to each other.
A link farm is a group of separate websites for the purposes of artificially inflating link popularity (or Page Rank). Link farms are a violation of the Terms of Service of most search engines and could be grounds for banning.
An unethical SEO practice. A web site created with the sole purpose of linking to other sites. This is seen by the search engines as a blatant attempt to influence link popularity. If a link farm points to your web site you have nothing to worry about but if you link to a link farm your web site can be removed from a search engine's index i.e. banned.
A set of webpages that have been built for the sole purpose of increasing the number of incoming links to a website to increase link popularity and search engine rankings. Link farms usually require a reciprocal link from sites seeking listings. Link farms are a known spam tactic and participating sites are likely to be penalized or banned from the major search engines.
A site that exists for the sole purpose of providing inbound links to better a page's search ranking.
Link farm is a large group of web pages created that contain hyperlinks to one another or a specific other page. Link farms are normally created by programs, rather than by human beings.
A series of websites linking to each other in order to increase rankings.
Similar to FFA pages, it refers to a page where anyone can list a web site to be linked to. Link farms are used to artificially boost link popularity . Most search engines penalize sites associated with link farms.
Describes a network of web sites constructed solely with the purpose of inflating search engine rankings. Link farms often contain unrelated content and are of no use to the surfer.
Sites with lists of links created exclusively to increase a site's link popularity in a vain attempt to improve search engine rankings. Often have pages of link with no relation to the content on your site. Avoid them.
A web page created for search engine ranking purposes that consists entirely of a long list of unrelated links. These types of pages are penalized by almost all search engines, including Google. Otherwise known as free for all links pages (FFA).
It is same like FFA, where any one on list website. It is an artificial way of increasing the link popularity.
A collection of indiscriminate, often unrelated, web sites that link to each other to artificially boost link popularity.
A link farm is a group of separate, highly interlinked websites for the purposes of inflating link popularity (or PR). Engaging in a link farm is a violation of the Terms Of Service of most search engines and could be grounds for banning. Return to Top of SEO Glossary
Web pages deliberately created to increase the number of links between sites and therefore link popularity. An unethical technique, unpopular with the search engines and not Best Practice.
On the World Wide Web, a link farm is any group of web pages that all hyperlink to every other page in the group. Although some link farms can be created by hand, most are created through automated programs and services. A link farm is a form of spamming the index of a search engine (sometimes called spamexing or spamdexing).