Footer link - Created by

[DavidIRC]

Hi everyone

We created a website for our customer, and we wanted to have a footer link:

"Created by WebPerfection.biz"

Some Marketing company advised our customer, that it will hurt their SEO if they have that link for us in footer

Would you guys advice on this please?

Thank you

P.S. site for our customer: www.azsedans.com

[AlanBleiweiss]

with a "nofollow" attribute in the link code, yes, you can use it on the whole site. However, doing so can be seen as "tacky" / "less than truly professional".  That's why its suggested to be only on the home page footer.

[DavidIRC]

Hi Alan

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question

To make sure I understand: if I use it as no fallow is ok to keep it on the footer? Also on the whole site? Would that be ok? Or it's better to just be the home page?

[GKLA]

Thank you, that was a great response!

[AlanBleiweiss]

Any time you have links pointing to sites that are not directly relevant to your product or service offerings, it's a weak link at best.

When it's a link in a footer, it carries even less value.

When that link appears on the footer of every page on the site, it's problematic.

Worst of all would be if you were to have keywords and not your company domain as the anchor, so that's just about the only positive thing you've shown.

SO - what is the reason for the link? To let visitors to that site know who created the site? If so, then IF you're going to include a link for that reason only, the only proper solution is to ensure the link has a "nofollow" attribute. This disconnects any perceived SEO manipulation and both your site and theirs will be safe from harm.

Also, best practices suggest only having that link on the home page footer, or on the "about" page with a reference to the fact you created the site, but not site-wide.  However if you "nofollow" it, you're good to go.