Comments on: Link Building: Hyperlink Cliques and Clusters

By: hey

hey — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:59:08 +0000

Interestingly enough, a “clique” in graph theory is a fully connected subset of a graph. You were spot on with your terminology.

By: Communication

Communication — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:58:21 +0000

Great theory. Did you contact Search Engines about this?

By: debra walkker..

debra walkker.. — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:54:39 +0000

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By: debra walkker..

debra walkker.. — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:54:13 +0000

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By: debra

debra — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:52:39 +0000

Eh yeh wut ever…

By: Raj Dash

Raj Dash — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:50:56 +0000

Good point. Let’s hope the Sopranos don’t start blogging :)

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:43:36 +0000

Yes, but it is used to describe a certain behavior pattern that members of a family usually show (helping each other out) and which turns into something bad, if applied to business (in the majority of cases) .

“It’s all family, Tony.” ;)

By: Raj Dash

Raj Dash — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:26:36 +0000

@Carsten: Yeah, nepotistic sounds about right (though that’s traditionally reserved for when there’s an actual family relationship involved, no?)

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:19:24 +0000

If I read AIRWeb 2007 call for papers right is this what you call a clique called “nepotistic linking” in the research community to that topic (the other side, called Search Engines hehe).

I understood clique right away, but for the word “nepotistic” did I have to use a dictionary to find out what it means ;)

aehm, yes and search engines don’t like it, whatever you call it.

By: Raj Dash

Raj Dash — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:39:55 +0000

@MMi: Yes, agreed about purple cluster, especially topical cliques, which are true cliques. But network cliques seem to be alright in some situations. Although it may depend on whether or not you suddenly publish 10 brand new websites and all of them are “fully-connected” (i.e., a clique). They have no authority yet, so cliquishness in this situation is probably a bad idea.