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Influence of a tilde, ~, on a Link's Value

Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO

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Excerpt: I have never gotten an authorative answer to this question, but I'm posting my thoughts. I've just acquired another ".edu" link to one of my sites. However, it contains a "~" in the URL. If you're not aware, by convention, a "~" prefix on a directory references a Unix home directory web site. The ...

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