[Foundation-l] Free advertising on Wikipedia

Mon May 1 14:44:22 UTC 2006

On 5/1/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Erik's concept a time delay isn't a new idea... it's one that has
> already been disregarded, at least for this application: even if we
> ignore the technical fun of using external links table at realtime,
> we're still left with the fact that it's pointless.  For links that
> are removed in a short span of time the SEO gains no advantage
> (mirrors haven't had a chance to mirror, google hasn't had a chance to
> spider), our concern stems from links which remain due to a lack of
> editorial oversight.

That depends entirely, of course, on how long the time delay is. It
could be as long as 30 days. A link which survives that long,
continuously, may very well be a good link that deserves to be there.

Erik