Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: link-friendlier, link-friendliest
Date of Origin: 1998 (when Google rolled out their citation-ranking algorithm to the public)
Definition No. 1 : of, relating to, or befitting a web page someone would want to link to : not hostile to potential webmaster looking to link out to content
Example: “That video of your boss slurring at the company party is very link-friendly!”
Definition No. 2: easy to use or understand, and therefor worth sharing or citing
Example: “That video tutorial on how to fight off a rabid bear came in real handy. I think I’ll link to it once I regain the use of my extremities.”
Definition No. 3: compatible and accommodating to a particular webmaster
Example: “Since a representative of the company reached out to me (via email, phone, twitter, etc…) to explain the news release and its significance, I was more than happy to link to it from my news page and include some descriptive anchor text.”
Synonym: link-amicable
Example: “If you want to succeed at SEO in the long run, you’ll need to start building out some link-amicable content that will facilitate our link-building outreach efforts as well as allowing us to target tons of long-tail search queries.”
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