SEO Tycoon

**jolis** · 07-05-2007, 08:01 AM

what is mean by 7% link density is that mean 7 links per page or what, and what is better those links to point to the home page or to point to related pages ie: link sunny beach to point to text about sunny beach in the other page

Thanks a lot

**kline11** · 07-05-2007, 01:15 PM

7% of the link density is 7 out of 100 links.
As far as where to point links, this might help you:
http://www.searchbliss.com/seo-tools/seo-tricks.htm
It deals with good internal link structure.

**francesca_luise** · 07-07-2007, 06:50 AM

Do you mean Keyword Density

It is the percentage ratio of your keywords that match a specified set of keywords.

**psylocke** · 07-07-2007, 08:48 AM

Keyword density is the ratio of a keyword or key phrases to the total number of words on that page. It is one of the most critical aspects of successful search engine optimization.

**chrishirst** · 07-07-2007, 10:01 AM

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It is one of the most critical aspects of successful search engine optimization.

Utter rubbish!

It may have been back in 1998 when AltaVista was top dog. But back then you could stuff a page with words in HTML comment tags.

**chrishirst** · 07-07-2007, 10:03 AM

"link density" is just another useless metric for the "experts" to sound really knowledgeable about.

**zagu060807** · 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by psylocke

Keyword density is the ratio of a keyword or key phrases to the total number of words on that page. It is one of the most critical aspects of successful search engine optimization.

Hmm, nice point, but for a moment, I want to correct this, and I hope it does.

About link density, meaning the ratio of sites linked to a site. It is somehow similar to backlinks.

About keyword density, it is not that important anymore as long as you do not spam or you do not stuff the keywords.

**sheena24** · 07-10-2007, 06:14 AM

link density means ratio of no of links to your site.

**links4u** · 07-10-2007, 08:47 AM

hi!!

Link density is a measure of how many external sites have created links to yours: search engines use link density as a factor in determining the order of results, so having a high link density is very important.

Keep it Up

**chrishirst** · 07-10-2007, 09:29 AM

And what everyone appears to be keen to prove, is that none of you know what link density is.

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Originally Posted by zagu060807

About link density, meaning the ratio of sites linked to a site. It is somehow similar to backlinks

is this against every other site that exists on the intenet or just one that link elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by sheena24

link density means ratio of no of links to your site.

Again a ratio with respect to what?

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Originally Posted by links4u

Link density is a measure of how many external sites have created links to yours

And for a third time, compared to what.

A stated percentage without comparison figures or context of the value is an UTTERLY meaningless statistic.

**zagu060807** · 07-10-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

And what everyone appears to be keen to prove, is that none of you know what link density is.
is this against every other site that exists on the intenet or just one that link elsewhere.

Again a ratio with respect to what?

And for a third time, compared to what.

A stated percentage without comparison figures or context of the value is an UTTERLY meaningless statistic.

Hmmm, if I am not mistaken, when you say density, meaning amount. In shorter terms, link density is an amount of links to your site. Just read it in other articles regarding the topic.

**gringo** · 07-10-2007, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by zagu060807

Hmmm, if I am not mistaken, when you say density, meaning amount.

You are mistaken. Density is not an amount in isolation; it is a measure expressed as a proportion of something else.

As an example you might think that the number of useless posts about PR is quite high, but when expressed in the form of "useless posts about PR density" (i.e. as a proportion of the total number of posts), it might be quite low. But I doubt it.

**zagu060807** · 07-11-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gringo

You are mistaken. Density is not an amount in isolation; it is a measure expressed as a proportion of something else.

As an example you might think that the number of useless posts about PR is quite high, but when expressed in the form of "useless posts about PR density" (i.e. as a proportion of the total number of posts), it might be quite low. But I doubt it.

Try reading this definitions for you to know what you are saying

**vangogh** · 07-11-2007, 06:14 PM

Here's one of the definitions on the page you linked to:

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The density of a material is its weight for a given volume

Notice how it takes two things to determine density. In this case it's the ratio of weight/volume. All of the posts in this thread that have been attempting to define link density are saying it has to do with a number of links. The problem is no one is saying in relation to what.

Link density = # links / ?

With identifying that question mark the definition is completely useless.

**gringo** · 07-11-2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by zagu060807

Try reading this definitions for you to know what you are saying

With the definitions you linked to you have just confirmed what I said.

Density is amount per unit of something else. You need to have a something else to have a density.

**Learning Newbie** · 07-11-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by zagu060807

Try reading this definitions for you to know what you are saying

I think Gringo is the only one around here who DOES know what he's saying. That's not true, as usual Hirst and Steve are also telling the truth, and Adam should be along shortly to wipe the floor with people who won't listen.

Sheena said it best. "Link density is the ratio of # links for your site." To what? Well, you can't have a ratio without the word to in there, or some other way of comparing two things. The ratio of soda to ice. The ratio of full time employees to temps. The ratio of passengers to cars says we need to do a better job of carpooling.

Those of you who went to school (and passed 3rd grade) will remember that a ratio is expressed in the form of 1:4 or 1/4 and I think you can see there are two numbers that have to be there. You could say that 1 out of every 10 people in America is gay, that's a ratio. But when you say "Bob is gay" that's a fact, not a ratio. When Nielson says 28 % of Americans approve of the job the president is doing, the "%" means "out of every 100." They calculate the ratio of people who gave a certain answer, to people they asked.

**seolman** · 07-11-2007, 08:06 PM

Link density is a measure of how little a person understands about links. Thus a person who understands almost nothing about links would have a high link density. To put it more simply - dense persons don't understand what links truly do for a web site...

I never even heard of link density until I read this thread...it sounds like something someone just made up to sound important... sorry - backfired.

**ForrestCroce** · 07-11-2007, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by seolman

I never even heard of link density until I read this thread...it sounds like something someone just made up to sound important... sorry - backfired.

This coming from a guy who's never heard of flat earth density or invisibility quotient. How can a guy who says "Arctic penguins don't exist" be sure about link density?

Just had to get some sarcasm out of my system. If I had to come up with something, I'd say 7 % link density means 7 % of the links on the web.

**seolman** · 07-12-2007, 07:18 PM

I have heard of invisibility quotient...I've suffered from this disease for years and take little green pills to keep it under control.

**telesale** · 07-13-2007, 11:43 AM

link density means ratio of no of links to your site.

You must be careful not to post too many at once!