Link Juice / Java pop up
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Hi all
I am a bit unsure of something and would appreciate it if someone could clarify
(without the sad trombone hinting that my question is stupid like the last time i asked a question)
Our Newsletter was recently posted on a website and i am not sure if the link pointing back is actually passing link juice.
When clicking the link, a Java pop up box appears saying "click here to go to authors site"
I am wondering if this was implemented to avoid google passing its juice? Or if google can index the pop up and give us credit for the link?
Please have a look at the article, and let me know what you guys think?
Thanks in advance
Regards
Greg
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Hi Greg,
Every single link points to www.bestholidaynews.com only and the only links to your page is javascript created. So they are the only ones getting juice as Alan said. I was just pointing out some tools you can use for future posts to check for external links to your site that pass link juice.
Brett.
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@OZ The links are embedded all over the Newsletter. Those links are short URL's redirecting to our site (for tracking purposes)
The question was weather the pop up box that appears when clicking the link passes on link value to our site. Alan's response made perfect sense and i was thinking on the same lines, i just never had the experience to back it up.
Thanks allot for your help either way Regards Greg
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I looked at it thinking you were asking about the internal links on the page you left a link to. I am not sure where on the page the link to the author is, except for a contact the author form or their internal link.
If you use firefox then SeoMoz toolbar will allow you to highlight external links on a page. You can then use 'firebug plugin' to follow the link to the source.
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your links are buried in the code of the source of the main page, but in a way that they're obscured from proper evaluation by search engines. Links from within javascript popups are very rarely able to pass the value you're wondering about. Google does it's best programatically to read and interpret javascript, yet it's a far from perfect implementation, and there's no way to be 100% sure that you're getting any inbound link value from that article.
You could potentially go through Google Webmaster Tools or OpenSiteExplorer.org to see if those links show up in your listed inbound links, yet it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack depending on how google sees those links, if it does at all.
It may have been implemented to avoid passing link value. Yet it may have been implemented by someone who thought it was a pleasing user experience, clueless to SEO.
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Thanks for the reply Oznappies.
www.bestholidaynews.com is not my website.
The article "overlanding africa" belongs to me and was syndicated by this website.
There are URL shortend links within the article pointing back to my site (overlandingafrica.com) They open up in a Java pop up, and from there you click through to my site.
Is Overlandingafrica.com getting link juice via these links?
I'm sorry if i misunderstood, but it looks like you think bestholidaynews.com belongs to me as you sugessted i have it tested for performance.
Greg
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Yes. Your anchor is of the form:
[http://www.bestholidaynews.com/index.php?option=com_contact_enhanced&view=contact&id=1&layout=confirm&author_id=812%3Aorlando-visitors-bureau&tmpl=component&atitle=Our Top 3 Overlanding Egypt Trips&elink=http%3Aaslashaaslashawww.overlandingafrica.comaslashablogaslashanorth-africaaslashaour-top-3-overlanding-egypt-trips](<a href=)" class="ce-cap-modal" rel="{handler: 'iframe', size: {x:400, y:250}}">Our Top 3 Overlanding Egypt Trips
So, the link is SEO friendly and visible to search engines. A handler is attached that overrides the usual click behaviour.
I would consider running the site through http://gtmetrix.com as there are large delays on loading content due to blocking issues and some missing gifs and other images 75%-95% larger than required.
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