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MikeEnRegalia 
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 Topic: Are links in reviews allowed?Posted: June 15 2023 at 07:28 |
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Today I published a review that I had previously written at PF/TYM. I noticed that it's possible to put a link to the original review page at the bottom of the review. Since I know that M@x is all about SEO, I added a rel="ugc" (user generated content).
Is this allowed? Just because the software allows me to, doesn't necessarily mean I should be doing this  Here's the review in question:
Edited by MikeEnRegalia - June 15 2023 at 07:28 |
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NotAProghead
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Posted: June 16 2023 at 09:28 |
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^ I didn't find the answer here. Looks like links in reviews are not forbidden.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 16 2023 at 09:54 |
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Well, today I submitted a review with a link and it was rejected. The only way to do it is to edit the review - there this check does not apply.
I guess that M@x does not want links in reviews, so the edit review form should be fixed. Would be good to hear from M@x about this. Edited by MikeEnRegalia - June 16 2023 at 10:53 |
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Logan
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Posted: June 19 2023 at 10:50 |
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I would be wary about including hypertext links or hyperlinks in reviews if the feature to easily add that is not already there. I think that citing the source should be enough, and even a plain text url if you want. And traditionally M@x has liked original to this site reviews.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 19 2023 at 13:18 |
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I know, PA is all about SEO - all links must lead to PA. I'll remove the links. It's a shame, since I currently have about 30k links from TYM to PA
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