Seo – What Is Link Spamming?

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Link spamming is a form of black hat SEO that tries to exploit weaknesses in link-based ranking algorithms such as the one used by Googles PageRank algorithm. PageRank give a higher ranking to a website that is linked to many other websites so the idea is to add as many links as possible to a page to try and boost your page rankings.

There are several forms of link spamming. An easy one is called link farming which involves creating communities of pages that refer to each other in order to bulk up a link index.

Another tactic is called the Sybil attack where you put up links to unrelated but popular sites where visitors will not see them. This is the forging of multiple identities for malicious intent, named after the famous woman with the multiple personality disorder. A spammer may create multiple web sites at different domain names that all link to each other, such as fake blogs known as spam blogs. Another type is called Wiki spam, which uses the open editing platform of wiki systems to place links on a page.

Yet another popular technique is Splogging also known as spam blogging. This is the placing of links randomly on other sites in blogs, forums,...

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