{"id":25231,"date":"2024-09-10T07:57:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T21:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/?post_type=glossary&amp;p=25231"},"modified":"2024-09-10T07:57:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T21:57:29","slug":"link-scheme","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/link-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Link Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a Link Scheme?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link schemes (also called link spam) is an activity to attempt to manipulate Google&#8217;s ranking algorithm with unnatural links. Link schemes include links to your website as well as outgoing links from your website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Types of Link Schemes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Google&#8217;s Spam Policies the following are examples of link schemes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buying or selling links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excessive link exchanges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automated link placements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Requiring links as part of a Terms of Service of other agreement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over-optimised guest posts with excessive outgoing links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So&#8230;It&#8217;s Probably Best To Avoid Link Schemes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We don&#8217;t recommend participating in the above link scheme tactics. Not only does it completely go against Google&#8217;s spam policies, Google can detect a link scheme at any time and penalise your website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":""},"class_list":["post-25231","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/25231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}