Link Farm?

[Sirmichaelj]

Hi everyone,

I am experimenting with an idea. I built a site promoting my affiliate links for programs from platforms such as click Bank, Warrior Plus etc. Have I created a "link farm"?

I am reading confusing articles on what exactly a link farm is. I have learned that they aren't good.
I would place a link so someone could observe but I am new here and haven't read the rules yet so I shall play it safe.

 

[Strickland]

Link farm is a term I haven't heard in a while.
I remember them being a bunch of websites all linking to each other to try and create more backlinks to a specific site. All very low quality and Google soon scrubbed them.
If you have a website with a lot of outbound links to affililiate products, in my understanding that's not a link farm. Although unless you have some exceptional content or value to the user I can't see Google giving the site much weight.

 

[Graybeard]

^^this
However, a website that looks like a link zoo, especially when covered with display ads that make it is difficult to see "the supposed *quality* content", has a very poor UX (User Experience).


validating AI:

 

[Sirmichaelj]

Very good. Thank you for your input. I now know that I have not created a link farm. Whew!

 

[Strickland]

validating AI:
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@Graybeard is this a response from perplexity?

 

[Graybeard]

is this a response from perplexity?

Actually ChatGPT 4o

 

[Graybeard]

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