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	What is link farming? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
		The idea behind link farming is to increase the number of sites that link to yours because search engines such as Google rank sites according to, among other things, the quality and quantity of sites that link to yours.
		In theory, the more sites that link to yours, the higher your ranking in the search engine results will be because the more links indicate a higher level of popularity among users of the Internet.
		There are many service providers who promise to help you boost your link popularity by automatically entering you into link exchange programs they operate, often linking your page with Web sites that have nothing to do with your content.
	www.webopedia.com /TERM/L/link_farming.html (400 words)

	NJ Farm Link Program - State Agriculture Development Committee, New Jersey Department of Agriculture - farm owner and ...
		The Farm Link Program serves as a resource and referral center for new farmers, farmers seeking access to land and farming opportunities, landowners seeking farmers, and farmers working on estate and farm transfer plans.
		Farm owners and farm seekers interested in using this service should complete one of the two forms below.
		The Farm Link Program provides support for all farmers, both new and established.
	www.state.nj.us /agriculture/sadc/farmlink.htm (283 words)

	Link popularity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Link popularity is a measure of the quantity and quality of other web sites that link to a specific site on the World Wide Web.
		Link popularity assumes that not all incoming links are equal, as an inbound link from a major directory carries more weight than an inbound link from an obscure personal home page.
		To increase link popularity, many webmasters interlink multiple domains that they own, but often search engines will filter out these links, as such links are not independent votes for a page and are only created to trick the search engines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Link_popularity (514 words)

	LINK FARM
		Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree -- for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent object files.
		Link farms are normally created programmatically, rather than by human beings.
		These link farms may also be used to promote other websites, directly or indirectly.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /li/link+farm.html (374 words)

	Directory Or Link Farm? -> High Rankings® Search Engine Optimization Forum
		With link farms, it was always a requirement that everybody in the 'farm' list everyone else's page from the farm.
		Anyway, it seems that "link farm" is originally a unix term for linking duplicate files or whatever...I'm not a unix person so I don't understand it in that context.
		Regarding webmasters, everyone seems to define a link farm by it's purpose, "sole purpose is to increase SE rankings", or something similar.
	www.highrankings.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2303&mode=linear (2318 words)

	Visa/legalization Proposals -- Immigrant amnesty bill sought
		Farm labor advocates will see it as an attempt by the growers to reduce their costs.
		That amnesty was linked to steps by Congress to crack down on subsequent illegal immigration -- steps that largely failed.
		Farm worker advocates also take a dim view of an amnesty plan that would require years of work in the fields as a condition for receiving a green card.
	are.berkeley.edu /APMP/pubs/agworkvisa/amnestysought72999.html (1099 words)

	What Exactly Is A Link Farm?
		His reason was that I was linking to a link farm.
		A link farm is a web page (or even an entire website) that is set up for the sole purpose of allowing webmasters to exchange links with each other for search engine ranking purposes only.
		A well-structured links page is an asset to a site because it provides the site's users with links to additional sources of related information.
	www.rlrouse.com /link-farms.html (388 words)

	Warning!! Link Farm Ahead
		These pages with countless links to other websites were created during the fervor of link popularity when it was thought that the more links that linked to your website, the higher your website ranked in search engines such as Google.
		The page they put your link on isn't linked to FROM any page, meaning it's floating out there in never-never land and is a ploy to get you to link to their site.
		They don't seem to know that links leak PageRank in Google, not the other way around or that the link that does you the most good is the one that shares space on a page with about 2 other outbound links, not 3596 other ones.
	www.searchengineguide.com /kimberly-krause-berg/warning-link-farm-ahead.php (1140 words)

	Domain-Pop.com - Link Farm
		The main purpose of a link farm is to deceive the indexing programs of Internet search engines that assign rankings according to the number of pages that link to a specific page.
		If the link farm works as planned, the search engine will believe that the promoted page is hugely popular because of all the pages that link to it and give it a high ranking.
		Search engine operators consider link farms an abuse and attempt to detect them, to remove them from their indices or penalize their content rank.
	www.domain-pop.com /link-farm.php (161 words)

	What is a Link Farm & Why You Should Avoid Them
		We've all heard the term "link farm" and have even heard it's a bad idea to participate in these linking schemes designed to artificially boost link popularity.
		A link farm is when group of website owners get together to link to each other.
		One main links page is created with links to all the participant's websites and each participant places that links page on her website.
	www.internetbasedmoms.com /seo/link-farm.html (390 words)

	More on Marra Farm and Lettuce Link
		Marra Farm is 4-acres of historic preserved farmland tucked into the South Park neighborhood of Seattle.
		Working as the Marra Farm Coalition, this group of organizations and individuals continues to build and expand Marra Farm's role in addressing community food security needs, providing a space for sustainable agriculture education, and engaging community members.
		Our goal is for Marra Farm to be a model urban farm, generating tons of fresh produce each year.
	www.fremontpublic.org /client/moremarra.html (866 words)

	Promotion Tip: Link Farms Grow Spam
		A link farm consists of sites that link to other sites for the sole purpose of increasing their link popularity score.
		Links are fine - even encouraged - if they are related to your topic, but link farms rarely provide useful content to visitors.
		Links that are included in page content and contain the page's keywords are more valuable than links exiled to a site's "Related Links" page.
	www.netmechanic.com /news/vol5/promo_no7.htm (871 words)

	Your Directory: Web Catalogue or a Link Farm? : php Link Directory
		It is absolutely essential to put clear blue water between your web directory and a link farm, the thinness of the line that separates a web directory from a link farm is quite amazing.
		In the past years, some high profile web directory was considered a link farm by top search engines.
		Most web directory script lacks ways of checking the integrity of links in the directory database, find a way to test the links in your web directory database to ensure the sites are still online, remove sites that have gone offline promptly as linking to a dead link will bring your directory rating down.
	www.phplinkdirectory.com /articlescript/Articles/Your_Directory_Web_Catalogue_or_a_Link_Farm.php (886 words)

	Waxy.org: Daily Log: Wordpress Website's Search Engine Spam
		Andre Torrez was the first to note that links to the articles are hidden on the Wordpress homepage using negative positioning with CSS.
		The use of hidden links (check the bottom of any of the article pages) and the use of the site's high Pagerank to bring in traffic through keyword spamming are more than reason enough for Google to ban the site all together.
		If the links weren't cloaked, people would be able to see them and make up their mind themselves of whether this is good or bad.
	www.waxy.org /archive/2005/03/30/wordpres.shtml (11327 words)

	Define me a link farm? :: SearchGuild.com
		Contextual, on-topic links from quality hubs and authority sites are the best (most value), while a directory include cross linking all your own (or clients) sites to one another (whether on topic or not) is of little value.
		Understand, you are in control who you link to at all times, this is not an automated system in that sense, if it were it would be useless as far as I'm concerned because the search engines would be all over it...
		And it works, only days after recieving our first link requests, reviewing their sites, accepting them and providing the links, we found ourselves with several good quality back links, that we were not directly recipricating with, and that were right on topic.
	www.searchguild.com /tpage15351-0.html (1705 words)

	Virginia Agricultural Vitality Program
		You do not have anyone to continue your farm business but want to see the operation continue after your retirement.
		You want to farm but are not a landowner.
		You have a desire to farm but lack the financial means to get started.
	www.savefarms.com /farmlink_about.htm (182 words)

	United States Department of Agriculture - Farm Bill Forums
		The comment period on the 2007 Farm Bill is now closed.
		We are currently in the process of analyzing the 4,348 comments that were received.
		Browse the photo gallery from the many Farm Bill Forums across the nation.
	www.usda.gov /farmbill (115 words)

	Researchers Discover Direct Link Between Agricultural Runoff And Massive Algal Blooms In The Sea
		Scientists have found the first direct evidence linking large-scale coastal farming to massive blooms of marine algae that are potentially harmful to ocean life and fisheries.
		Scientists have long suspected that many harmful blooms are fueled by fertilizer runoff from farming operations, which in many regions pour tons of excess nitrogen and other nutrients into rivers that eventually flow into coastal waters.
		However, some agricultural industry groups contend that there is not enough evidence to link farm runoff to red tides or dead zones.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2004/12/041208202518.htm (1206 words)

	A directory... not a link farm! - SEO Chat
		The problem is that I've heard that often, a directory is being confused (by search engines) with a link farm.
		One of the biggest factor in getting dubbed a link farm is the number of links per page.
		Basically linking to banned or penalyzed sites is a definate no-no and will keep you from getting good rankings in the SERPs.
	forums.seochat.com /search-engine-optimization-28/a-directory-not-a-link-farm-31911.html (690 words)

	Maine Department of Agriculture: Farmland Protection/FarmLink
		Transitioning farms and farmland to the next generation is one of the greatest challenges facing agriculture today.
		Maine FarmLink is a farm transfer program that connects farmers seeking farmland with farmers and farm owners that are selling, transferring or leasing their farms and farmland.
		This list includes a general discription of each farm and the county where they are located.
	www.state.me.us /agriculture/mpd/farmlink (372 words)

	"Link Farm" Defintions are Vague... - SEO Chat
		Over the last few months I've heard some very different defintions of what "link farming" is. Everything from: when a large group of sites just co-link amongst themselves (everyone linking to everyone else), to when huge numbers of links are added in bulk- links that especially have no real relevance to your site.
		Today I read a site disclaimer somewhere that suggested that linking to other sites in a "resources" section is akin to link farming and makes you a target for a G ban.
		The other examples you give have other SEO issues, but they are not link farms.
	forums.seochat.com /google-optimization-7/link-farm-defintions-are-vague-26888.html (384 words)

	Greg¹s Link Farm
		One of my classsmates in EDPL 215 introduced me to the term "Link Farm." The metaphor has a pejorative connotation since many of the crops (the websites) wither and disappear, and visitors end up frustrated when they get error messages like "File Not Found" when checking out some of the sites.
		One nice feature is that it divides the links by grade level: 1 - 6 grade; middle and high school; and college and beyond.
		Helen Barrett includes links to all you ever wanted to know about electronic portfolios, including the chance to sign on to a listserv devoted to this topic.
	www.eop.mu.edu /greg/Greg's_Link_Farm.html (1218 words)

	Search Engines forum - Link farm?
		Link farm or not -- would that matter if their links pages are all PR0
		I would have never linked to them in the first place.
		So, they may not be PR 0...it just hasn't been updated to where you can see their PR.
	www.webservertalk.com /archive70-2005-3-965728.html (145 words)

	How to avoid linking to a link farm
		Basically a link farms is a hodgepodge of non-related sites all linking together with the sole purpose of trying to obtain as many possible links as possible.
		However, the link farm is a completely worthless method of driving Web traffic to your site as this method of link exchange actually dilutes the relevance of your page for your chosen keywords.
		In order for a link exchange to drive traffic to your site and to help you in Google, the web site you trade links with must be related in some way to your site.
	www.searchenginepromotiontools.com /seo-avoid-link-farms.htm (447 words)

	SEO Software :: View topic - Link Farm?
		You can't simply add 100 completely unrelated links to a links page and expect people to be grateful for the link.
		If your pages are themed, and the links on them are themed as well, and your site has content other than links you should be ok.
		A link farm is like a free for all.
	www.seoelite.com /chat/link-farm-post2394.html (543 words)

	codewalkers.com - php code archive - Link Farm - PHP Help (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To add code to the gallery, first log in to the system, then go the category you wish to add it to and an option for 'Add Code' will appear in the myCodewalker box on the left.
		It lets visitors automatically add their own links to your site, and you approve which links you want to accept.
		You can also add outgoing links directly to your own site, and 'nudge' those site owners to return the......
	codewalkers.com /code.php?c=10 (331 words)

	State Farm - Home
		State Farm Bank®, Bloomington, Illinois, is a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.
		The other products offered by affiliate companies of State Farm Bank are not FDIC insured, not a State Farm Bank obligation or guaranteed by State Farm Bank, and subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal invested.
		State Farm VP Management Corp. is a separate entity from those State Farm entities which provide banking and insurance products.
	statefarm.com (171 words)

	Articles : php Link Directory
		One of the major reasons so many members are building directories is simply to get more backlinks, reciprocal links or in other words SEO optimisation purposes, but there is so much more...
		This article argues that web directories are a useful tool for cataloguing websites and other Internet resources, it argues further that most web directories on the net today, are much too close to being a link farm than a high quality web directory...
		There are a lot of directories on the internet and there is probably room for a lot more although building a directory that is beneficial to the users, webmasters who add their site and yourself takes a little bit of forethought and a lot of work...
	www.phplinkdirectory.com /articlescript/Articles/page_1 (391 words)

	Security and Encryption Links
		(The link farm has become too much of a task to maintain, and its functionality has been mostly superseded by the likes of Google, so I'll be taking it offline in the near future.
		The following are security-related resources (aka "the crypto link farm") that I've found on the net.
		The complete link farm is around 1/2MB of data, the following links contain the complete collection broken down by topic for ease of access:
	www.cs.auckland.ac.nz /~pgut001/links.html (174 words)

	State Farm® - Register
		Apply now for a State Farm Bank® account or take our bank quick tour.
		Contact a State Farm agent to apply for State Farm Insurance.
		The other products offered by affiliate companies of State Farm Bank are not FDIC insured, not a State Farm Bank obligation or guaranteed by State Farm Bank, and subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal.
	www.statefarm.com /main/signup.asp (301 words)

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