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You can drive a lot of traffic to the directory pages where you are listed by creating links from all the appropriate topic pages of the locality. To see a list of all the topic pages that might link to a single locality's directory page, see the page written about the locality itself. For example, to see a list of links to all the topicpages for Ohio, go to the [[Ohio|Ohio]] page and see the list of Topics there. | You can drive a lot of traffic to the directory pages where you are listed by creating links from all the appropriate topic pages of the locality. To see a list of all the topic pages that might link to a single locality's directory page, see the page written about the locality itself. For example, to see a list of links to all the topicpages for Ohio, go to the [[Ohio|Ohio]] page and see the list of Topics there. | ||
=== Do the math === | === Do the math === | ||
Let's say you've linked the directory pages of five U.S. states to your résumé / user page, and linked about two-thirds of the topic pages of those states to the directory pages where you're listed. With 18 topics per state (28 times 2/3), that would yield a funnel of 90 pages leading to you. Now imagine if you were to duplicate that at the county level! When one also considers that Google loves wikis -- that Google tends to rank wiki content higher than content from other sites -- it adds up to serious traffic potential. | Let's say you've linked the directory pages of five U.S. states to your résumé / user page, and linked about two-thirds of the topic pages of those states to the directory pages where you're listed. With 18 topics per state (28 times 2/3), that would yield a funnel of 90 pages leading to you. Now imagine if you were to duplicate that at the county level! When one also considers that [http://www.wolf-howl.com/google/google-love-affair-with-wikipedia/ Google loves wikis] -- that Google tends to rank wiki content higher than content from other sites -- it adds up to serious traffic potential. | ||
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