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Link Echoes (a.k.a. Link Ghosts): Why Rankings Remain Even After Links Disappear – Whiteboard Friday
Posted by randfish One of the more interesting phenomena illustrated by Rand’s IMEC Lab project is that of “link echoes,” sometimes referred to as “link ghosts.” The idea is that if we move a page up in rankings by pointing links to it, and then remove those links, the bump in rankings often remains. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Rand explains what’s going on. One quick note: Rand mentions a bit.ly link in this video that isn’t quite accurate;