I will appreciate the exact definition of the term External followed Links and the term Followed Linking Root Domain.
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I will appreciate the exact definition of the term External followed Links and the term Followed Linking Root Domain when using OpenSiteExplorer on Page level and on Sub-domain level.
let's say my site is www.eitan.com and that's my home page as well.
which of the following will be consider as external link / linking root domain?
Thanks a lot
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Hey Lawrence,
Thanks for the heads up - I read the question too fast and missed the root domain. I've edited my answer to reflect this.
Cheers.
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Cyrus what you are saying makes no sense. You are contradicting yourself:
A. there is only 1 external linking root domain, which is "www.eitan.es"
B. You said "An external link is a link from an external root domain," but "www.eitan.es" IS an external root domain that is linking www.eitan.com
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thanks
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thanks
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To add to what Nicholas has said, in terms of OSE, all of these are on the same root domain except for www.eitan.es. The rest all reside on eitan.com, so that's a total of 2 linking root domains.
An external link, within OSE, is defined as a link from an external root domain. So in this case, there is 1 external links, at least according to the way Open Site Explorer counts external links.
Also, Google sometimes counts links from subdomains as external, sometimes as internal, depending on how much they believe the subdomains are related to one another.
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Someone else'll smack me if I'm wrong, however:
That's your only external linking root domain. And, your only true external link, too. Since September Google has considered subdomains internal links.
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