out-bound links

[Avinash]

Alexa rankings are good for highly busy sites. If you are not under 1M, don't even think about Alexa. Still, as others said, Alexa data is never accurate.

[look4edmund]

Outbound links don't hurt a bit. Trust me.




Regards
Edmund

[Chatmaster]

Originally Posted by NothingButNet

Really? I didn't know that. I don't know anybody who has an Alexa tool bar installed. No wonder that the traffic from Alexa doesn't match my stats!

Just a small tip. Besides software available to inflate your Alexa rank, ask your web designers or friends to make your site their home page and have the alexa tool bar installed. You will notice a big difference in your rankings. This why SEO and webmaster forums often have good Alexa ranks, as many of their visitors have the tool bar installed.

Originally Posted by EWSitesCom

If you know the site is bad why link to them.

If allowing comments in your blog or forum, or maybe having to link to a site to show just how stupid they are. There can be reasons for linking to bad sites. Then a no follow seems to protect you, although I heard the other day that Google do follow these links. I doubt that it will effect your site though...

[look4edmund]

Haven't really tested the method of asking people to put my website as the home page. I'll give it a try.




Regards,
Edmund Ng