[uf-discuss] Adapting existing links as tags

Sat Dec 9 03:25:38 PST 2006

In message <+FP1o$m9vzZFFwxl at pigsonthewing.org.uk>, Andy Mabbett
<andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
>>I currently have several instances of pages in a sub-directory, such
>as:
>> http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/staffs/tittesworth/index.htm
> http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/staffs/tittesworth/latest.ht
>m
> http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/staffs/tittesworth/latest-
>2006.htm
> http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/staffs/tittesworth/latest-
>2005.htm
> etc.
>>Where the root URL of that sub-directory may be suitable as a tag.
>>>All of the pages apart from the index file link to the latter, thus:
>> <a href="index.htm">Tittesworth</a>
>>usually more than once from each page, occasionally with other linking
>text ("Tittesworth Reservoir").
>>>I could, presumably, change the links to:
>> <a href="../tittesworth" rel="tag">Tittesworth</a>
>>Are there any disadvantages to doing so (in terms of search engine
>ranking, for example)? Should I do so on each such link, or just once
>per page?

Can anyone advise, please?
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