There are lots of Multiple Sclerosis internet sites.
Too many some would say! Some are informative and helpful and others
are nothing more than "link farms". (The SEO definition
of a link farm is a group of websites which are heavily interlinked
with the sole purpose of boosting pagerank)
What
is a Link Farm?
A "link farm" is an internet user term for a website which has
a primary (sole) purpose of linking to other websites.
These link-farm-sites have zillions of links to other sites but usually
offer very little by way of original content, if at all. Often any material
that is on the site is copied from another website without permission
in order to give the link-farm-site some validity or to help it gain
a place in the search engines.
Many links may at first seem like a reasonably good idea, and for
the websites which actually offer originality in content, links to other
websites are a great way of offering the viewer access to further information.
Where a link farm website differs from a good site is in the absence
of good quality, original information. Anyone, and I really mean anyone,
can publish a site to the internet, pay a few search engine visits and
start splashing the links returned by the search engine on the pages.
If you visit a website which isn't a directory and contains nothing
but links to other sites, close the browser window and try a different
site. If you are a very web-savvy individual, there is nothing to stop
you scanning through the links if you can be bothered.For everyone
else, the chances are if you dig hard enough, you could
find a useful site using one of the links. More likely however, are
hours and hours wasted clicking on one link after another yet finding
very little useful information in return for your efforts.
More often than not, you get directed to more link farms!
They aren't worth the trouble.
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