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(Entry was posted by Edwin Jonk on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 11/03/2014).

Link memory: non-existent links still give value for some time

Link memory: non-existent links still give value for some time

This summer there was a little discussion about link echo or link ghosts 1. In short, when a link is removed it still gives some value. Dan Petrovic calls this phenomenon link memory and did an experiment. It lasted for 6 months and 22 days to be exact.

1 http://moz.com/blog/link-echoes-ghosts-whiteboard-friday? Rotimi Orimoloye   Wow. I almost didn`t realize that there were 2 links ( 2 articles) in your post Edwin Jonk. 
Great reads for a sunny Sunday. :)
Thanks for sharing.? Link Memory: SEO Experiment Result
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  • Edwin Jonk: Link memory: ;non-existent links still give value for some time

    This summer there was a little discussion about link echo or link ghosts [1]. In short, when a link is removed it still gives some value. ;+Dan Petrovic ;calls this phenomenon link memory and did an experiment. It lasted for ;6 months and 22 days to be exact.

    [1] ;http://moz.com/blog/link-echoes-ghosts-whiteboard-friday
  • Rotimi Orimoloye: Wow. I almost didn't realize that there were 2 links ( 2 articles) in your post +Edwin Jonk. ;
    Great reads for a sunny Sunday. :)
    Thanks for sharing.
  • Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 02:13:57 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/link_memory_nonexistent_links_still_give_value_for_some_time +Edwin Jonk

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