With Google targeting artificial linking and paid links, the focus is bound to turn to natural linking patterns.
Here's an excellent article that provides an overview of how to create natural linking patterns that are definitely more Google-friendly.
High rankings on SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages) are more and more dependant on weighted link popularity. Content is still king, but two pages carrying the same valuable content can rank #1 and #300 depending on their link popularity.This article describes the model of a 'Niched Hub', designed to boost the link popularity of money making content rich sites using 'natural linking' compliant to the search engine's policies. It can be applied to an isolated empire and environments of tens of thousands of participating sites owned by a bunch of webmasters as well.Boosting Link Popularity With Natural Linking
# posted by Priya Shah @ 10:29 PM