[uf-discuss] Adapting existing links as tags

[Andy Mabbett]

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.htm
        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?


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