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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on May 02, 2004, 05:48:42 pm
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Ok, here's the deal. We don't have any way to get //www.freespace2.com or //www.volition-inc.com to link to HLP as the main site for FS, so we have to resport to Google bombing (http://www.oldcameltoe.com/propoganda/savedsites/googlebomb/googlebomb.html).
If you have a site, no matter how small, paste the code below into the webpage:
<a href="http://www.3dap.com/hlp">Campaigns, missions, and mods for the space sims Freespace 1 & Freespace 2</a>
It doesn't matter how small, visible, or prominient the link is - all that matters is that it's there.
What this will do is help Google, and other search engines, make a stronger connection between HLP and phrases such as "freespace 2", "space sim", and "freespace campaigns".
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Okay.
Oh, we should help add to the Michael Moore thing too.
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I may or may not have a certain piece of CGI software on one of my computers which may or may not be purposely designed by people far more '1337' than me for trapping search engine bots into a link-loop and vastly over-inflating a page's importance in the grand scheme of things.
I'll try to find this hypothetical piece of software.
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And I'll be right back while I go look for that Golden Fleece.
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Ummmm. The FAQ already links here :D
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Bah. Couldn't find it.
But I've stuck the link at the bottom of NW.
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And one on the main, unfinished PenguinBomb site, seen as alot of my other-forum profiles lead to that as my homepage.
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Y'know, the smart thing to do would be to have Stealth make Swooh stick a link to HLP at the bottom of every hosted page.
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Me, I don`t have a website..
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Originally posted by karajorma
Ummmm. The FAQ already links here :D
Yes, but the link text is important for this to work. Most links pointing here that say "HLP" aren't going to help someone searching for "freespace 2 mods" a single bit. :)
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Can't do it now, but I will later.
Besides, we already come out top on the Freespace mods google search ;)
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well to get HLP to get to the top of search engines (listen up all you noobs, here's how you do it) on a few of the pages, paste (in the same color text as the background) words like Freespace, Freespace 2, campaign, hard light, hard, light, campaigns, mod, mods, modify, space simulate, space-simulate, space simulator, space-simulator, etc. if possible even in different sizes and colors, though that won't make a difference ;)
Anyway, that's a sure way of getting to the top of the list within a few weeks. i know, because i've used it on two occasions, and it's worked both times ;)
but that's a cheap, pathetic way, not quite the real way, and i haven't used that method since.
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I thought a number of search engines had been designed to avoid precisly that sort of thing? Or was that just META tags? But I've never tried it, so: would that still work if you stuck it inside an invisible DIV tag? That way it wouldn't mess up the page layout on compatible (ie. most) browsers...
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Damn, I have so many sites...that I don't want to update. :nervous:
*updates one*
There (http://josherickson.org/index.php) hows that? (bottom of page)
Would this code work?
***** align="center">HLP
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i don't have much of a website, I just use it for hosting files now and then, but I added the code. every little bit helps :nod:
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Ok, here's the deal. We don't have any way to get www.freespace2.com or www.volition-inc.com to link to HLP as the main site for FS, so we have to resport to Google bombing (http://www.oldcameltoe.com/propoganda/savedsites/googlebomb/googlebomb.html).
If you have a site, no matter how small, paste the code below into the webpage:
<a href="http://www.3dap.com/hlp">Campaigns, missions, and mods for the space sims Freespace 1 & Freespace 2</a>
It doesn't matter how small, visible, or prominient the link is - all that matters is that it's there.
What this will do is help Google, and other search engines, make a stronger connection between HLP and phrases such as "freespace 2", "space sim", and "freespace campaigns". [/B]
http://foxfire.keenspace.com/Links.htm
;)
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Hm......
Guess ill spam HLP in my SIGs on the other forums... ;)
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Originally posted by HotSnoJ
Damn, I have so many sites...that I don't want to update. :nervous:
*updates one*
There (http://josherickson.org/index.php) hows that? (bottom of page)
Would this code work?
***** align="center">HLP
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Originally posted by Turnsky
http://foxfire.keenspace.com/Links.htm
;)
No, no - inks to HLP are fine and wonderful, but the point here is to have the text of the link saying "freespace", so that the search engines begin to associate "freespace" with HLP. :D
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Originally posted by Sandwich
No, no - inks to HLP are fine and wonderful, but the point here is to have the text of the link saying "freespace", so that the search engines begin to associate "freespace" with HLP. :D
it's been there ever since i first created the site.;)
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Originally posted by Turnsky
it's been there ever since i first created the site.;)
Yeah, I figured as much, but it doesn't help the specific Google bombing effort I'm trying to do here. :)
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Yeah, I figured as much, but it doesn't help the specific Google bombing effort I'm trying to do here. :)
i'll tweak it this weekend..;)
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Just realized I already have it on my links page :D
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I have a great website to do this for! It's big and has lots of members, and maybe we can ask them to do the same and... oh, wait.
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Originally posted by Setekh
I have a great website to do this for! It's big and has lots of members, and maybe we can ask them to do the same and... oh, wait.
:lol:
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Will it still count if that description is used as a title for the link instead?
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Originally posted by Setekh
I have a great website to do this for! It's big and has lots of members, and maybe we can ask them to do the same and... oh, wait.
:lol:
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Originally posted by Ransom Arceihn
Will it still count if that description is used as a title for the link instead?
I have no idea. It could easily go either way.
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My Hungarian server is down, but I will hopefully not forget to link here as soon as I will be able to edit my homepage again. (<- This sentence: Damn. :ick: )
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http://swooh.com/peon/hippo
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lol Hippo :-p
Hey guys... when you do this, you don't have to have the text big, so don't think you have to ruin your website with huge text at the bottom of each page. it can be small... size doesn't matter.
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I'll link HLP to my site (http://www.overundertokyo.com) once I get to updating my links section.
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:D
Seriously though guys, this is all really appreciated. I don't think many people find HLP through search engines right now, and this will improve that situation for people floundering around without knowledge of where to go to find all the FreeSpacers. ;)
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Why not do small link exchange section in the page? Members who linked to HLP get linked back to their sites as well, so it benifits everyone :D
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Hmm, there's an idea... :)
Btw, Cabbie, are you "TokyoCabDriver" on overundertokyo.com? That site's cool. :nod:
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Originally posted by Setekh
Hmm, there's an idea... :)
Btw, Cabbie, are you "TokyoCabDriver" on overundertokyo.com? That site's cool. :nod:
Yeah that's me. Thanks for the compliment man. :yes:
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a href="http://www.3dap.com/hlp"> img src="/button-host.gif" width="90" height="30" border="0" alt="Campaigns, missions, and mods for the space sims Freespace 1 & Freespace 2">
would that code be accepted?
(excuse the missing "< >" it was necessary)
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A bunch of nice shiney banners in all the diffrent "standard" sizes would encourage linking, I think:
Small 88 X 31 / 200 X 40 / 234 X 60
to large:
469 X 61 flavors
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Originally posted by Cabbie
A bunch of nice shiney banners in all the diffrent "standard" sizes would encourage linking, I think:
Small 88 X 31 / 200 X 40 / 234 X 60
to large:
469 X 61 flavors
the man has a point.:nod:
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Shouldn't be to bad to superimpose the FS2 logo over the top of the HLP logo with a bit of text underneath it or something like that... if there's no takers I might take a crack at it when I get home.
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Turbsky: I honestly don't know if ALT properties cut it. You'd have to look at the Google source code to tell. :p
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Turbsky: I honestly don't know if ALT properties cut it. You'd have to look at the Google source code to tell. :p
Who is this Turbsky of which you speak?:p
i'll see what i can do on my end, might make a separate set of links and all.. the image, and that little link blurb..
after all, this is basically the birthplace of foxfire, the first issues were posted here, i can't forget that.;)
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Originally posted by Turnsky
Who is this Turbsky of which you speak?:p
Wow... I usually catch those. :p
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Mind if I bump this up to remind everyone?;)
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Yes. I mind, I was excited and now I'm disappointed.
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Love to see if others could help with this. There'll be plenty more to pimp about soon, too.
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I'am ready to help, any way I can. :)
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I just want to remind everyone to put out some offical banners for HLP and a link exchange section for HLP so that we can do some crosslinking with each other :)
Let me repeat
We should do banners in:
Small 88 X 31 / 200 X 40 / 234 X 60
to large:
469 X 61 flavors
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Originally posted by Cabbie
I just want to remind everyone to put out some offical banners for HLP and a link exchange section for HLP so that we can do some crosslinking with each other :)
Let me repeat
We should do banners in:
Small 88 X 31 / 200 X 40 / 234 X 60
to large:
469 X 61 flavors
Err..... let me repeat - banners are good for visitors, but text links saying "freespace modding" or something with "freespace" pointing to HLP are good for search engines, which are, in turn, good for visitors. :)