[thelist] advisability of links to the current page (WAS: <h1> + images + search engines penalties)
ben morrison
morrison.ben at gmail.com
Thu May 25 08:56:43 CDT 2006
On 5/25/06, Sarah Adams <mrsanders at designshift.com> wrote:
> > Maybe the case is that it doesn't hurt to remove self referential
> > links and could possibly help some users.
>
> Say you have a navigation list of the pages of your site - does it make
> sense to remove the current page from that list just because you are on
> that page? No it doesn't, IMHO. I think it should remain, at a minimum
> as unlinked text, as a link if it's dynamic content.
I didnt say to remove the text - just to remove the 'self referential'
link - which is what I thought this discussion was about? Sorry if i'm
off-target.
ben
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