Ouch! Site is part of a BAD link farm. How to remove?

[davefore]

Hi guys,

I have a client who submitted their site to a link farm and now their site is showing up in hundreds of places on pages with PR ZERO that have absolutely no relvancy to the subject of their own page.

This can't be good for their search engine rankings, am I right? Or is it irrelevant?

What are the legalities for having links removed from someone else's site (linking to your site) that you don't want on there?

 

[ChrisHirst]

A link farm pointing to your site is highly unlikely to do any harm.
It's what sites your site links to that will cause you problems.

Don't worry about the links showing up they'll disappear soon enough. Most FFAs usually only show the last few hundred submitted links.

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
People Counting Systems

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[ChrisHunt]

PR is an additive process - so all those FFA links are adding 0 to your own PR, they aren't detracting from it. Your client should be more worried about the mountains of spam he's now going to receive...

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd