Suggestion - Should OSE include "citation links" within its index?
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This is really a suggestion (and debate to see if people agree with me), with regard to including "citation links" within Moz tools, by default, as just another type of link
NOTE: when I am talking about "citation links" I am talking about a link that is not wrapped in a link tag and is therefore non clickable, eg moz.com
Obviously Moz have released the mentions tool, which is great, and also FWE which is also great. However, it would seem to me that they are missing a trick in that "citation links" don't feature in the main link index at all. We know that Google as a minimum uses them as an indicator to crawl a page ( http://ignitevisibility.com/google-confirms-url-citations-can-help-pages-get-indexed/ ), and also that they don't pass page rank - HOWEVER, you would assume that google does use then as part of their alogrithm in some manner as they do nofollow links.
It would seem to me that a "Citation Link" could (possibly) be deemed more important than a no follow link in Googles alogrithm, as a "no follow" link is a clear indication by the site owner that they don't fully trust the link, but a citation link would neither indicate trust or non trust.
So - my request is to get "citation links" into the main link index (and the Just Discovered index for that matter).
Would others agree??
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Thanks Miranda, that would be great.
I really hope its added - this could be a very positive differentiator between Moz and other link research tools out there. Combining this citation link finder in with the 'Just Discovered' links - will in my view make a killer feature well above the competition.
James
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Hi James! Thanks for the request! That is a really interesting idea. I've added it to our list of features to consider for OSE in the future. I'll update you here when we have a more solid plan for adding it or not.
Also interested to hear other peoples' thoughts on the idea! Thanks all!
Miranda Rensch - Product Manager
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