Another footer question

[nsimpson]

Hi to all,

Maybe this question is already answered (in that case sorry) but I didn't find it. Currently, with the latest changes is really useful to have a 'seo footer'. I mean, it seems that can give you more problems that benefits.

In my case the idea of the footer is only to obtain more traffic. Having this in mind, I'm right thinking that is better don't write anything ?

Thanks in advance

[BlueprintMarketing]

I think Tom gave you excellent advice.

I generally do not think about spam links if there part of my website and a legitimate part in the footer. For instance I link my terms of service and by privacy policy there however I would not walk them because Google and moreover some states particularly California have extremely strong policies on advertising and tracking people that go to your website and what you have to disclose.

I would not use the footer for more than 2 to 3 links but that's just me.

As Tom said if you think it is possibly something Google might not want no follow the link.

this will at least confirm Tom Roberts answer is correct,

Thomas

[TomRayner]

Hi Henri

If you think a footer link could bring you traffic, but don't want to risk any SEO side-effects, you can simply make the link "nofollow".

By making a link nofollow, you're showing Google that you're not using the link to pass PageRank and therefore you're not placing it to improve your SEO.  This would get rid of any risk, while allowing to keep a link there that could lead to more traffic.

For the record, I think it would be fine to have a few footer links, provided that they are relevant, not too many of them, don't use commercial anchor text and don't make up the majority of your link profile.

But if you're worried, simply make the links nofollow.

Hope that helps.