What happened to the old festival links and why
What happened to the old festival links and why
The old festival links are the 4407 external links that historically pointed at this domain, carried by 337 referring domains, and the answer to what happened to them is that most of them have gone quiet while 22 domains and 46 links still point at the address today, the surviving share of a record that once covered the 7 years of new music on this domain.
The old festival links are the answer to why this domain carries a new music story at all, because a domain is only as strong as the links that point at it, and the 337 referring domains are the record of who once linked to the festival that gave the domain its name. What happened to the old festival links is the question this page answers, and the why is the answer to why the 337 links matter to a new site on the same domain, so the page tells the story of the links and the reason they still count, with the 2 numbers, 337 and 22, as its spine.
The 4407 links from 337 domains are the historical record, and the 22 domains and 46 links that are still fresh are the part that survives, so the story of the old festival links is a story of what was and what is, the 337 that pointed and the 22 that still do. The old festival links are the answer to why the domain has a history, and the 4407 links are the whole of that history, so the page tells the 2 numbers, the 337 that pointed and the 22 that remain, and the reason they are the whole of the answer. From the old festival site to the new music is the move the domain made, and the 7 years of new music on this domain is the span the links belonged to, so the reader who follows the old festival links follows the 4407 links that made the address into the home of a new music story. The festival the links pointed at was the Bangor new music festival, and the 337 referring domains are the record of who once pointed at its address, with the 22 domains and 46 links that still do as the part of that record that survives.
The 4407 links the domain once carried
The 4407 links the domain once carried are the historical record of the old festival links, and the 337 referring domains are the answer to who pointed at the address when the Bangor new music festival was the domain's home. The 4407 external links from 337 domains are the whole of the link landscape, and they are the answer to what happened to the old festival links, because the 337 domains that pointed are the record of the festival's reach. The 4407 links are the answer to how much the domain was linked, and the 337 domains are the answer to who linked it, so the 2 numbers together are the whole of the historical record, and the 4407 links from 337 domains are the reason the old festival links are the answer to why the domain has a history.
| State of the old festival links | Referring domains | External links | Share of the 4407 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still fresh, pointing at the domain today | 22 | 46 | 1.0 percent of the links |
| Quiet, no longer resolving to the domain | 315 | 4361 | 99.0 percent of the links |
| All old festival links, fresh and quiet combined | 337 | 4407 | 100 percent of the links |
The table holds the 2 states of the old festival links in numbers: the 22 fresh domains carry the 46 fresh links, which is 1.0 percent of the 4407, and the 315 quiet domains carry the other 4361 links, which is 99.0 percent, so the 337 and the 4407 are the whole of the record and the 22 and the 46 are the part of it that still works. The 4407 links are the answer to what the old festival links were, and the 337 domains are the answer to where they came from, with the table splitting the 2 numbers into the fresh row and the quiet row.
What the 4407 record covers
What the 4407 record covers is the full span of the festival's presence on the domain, the 7 years of new music on this domain that the links pointed through, and it is the 337 referring domains that make the 4407 a map rather than a count, because each domain in the 337 is a place where the festival's name once appeared. The 46 fresh links are the part of that record still in use, and the 4361 quiet links are the part that has faded, so the record is both the history and the present state of the old festival links, with the 2 numbers, 337 and 22, marking where the present begins inside the history.
Why the 337 referring domains still count
Why the 337 referring domains still count is that a link is a record, and the 337 domains that pointed at the domain when the festival ran are the record of the domain's history, so the links matter even after the festival stopped. The 337 referring domains are the answer to why the old festival links are the whole of the domain's link story, because a domain that was linked by 337 domains is a domain with a history, and the history is the reason a new site on the same domain starts from a base rather than from zero. The why is the answer to why the 337 domains still count, and it is the answer that makes the old festival links more than a date, because the 337 links are the record of the domain's reach, and the reach is the reason the new site is built on the new music story the domain carried.
The 337 as a base, not a starting point
The 337 as a base, not a starting point, is the reason the new site inherits the domain's weight: the 4407 links that the 337 domains once carried are the evidence that the address was trusted, and the 22 domains and 46 links that still point are the evidence that the trust has not fully left, so a new site built on new music inherits 337 names of referring sites instead of an empty 0. The 337 domains are the answer to why the links matter, and they are the answer that keeps the old festival links the whole of the domain's link history, because the history is not the festival's dates but the 337 places that once pointed, and the 22 that still do.
The 22 domains and 46 links that are still fresh
The 22 domains and 46 links that are still fresh are the part of the old festival links that survives, and they are the answer to what is left of the 337, the small part that still points at the address today. The 46 links from 22 domains are the answer to what is fresh, and they are the ones that still count, because a link that still points is a link that still works, and the 22 domains that still point are the record of the old festival links that have not gone quiet. The 22 and the 46 are the answer to what remains of the 337, and they are the whole of the fresh part, so the story of the old festival links is the 337 that pointed and the 22 that still do, and the 46 links are the ones that carry the record forward. The page on the 7 years of new music on this domain covers the span the links belonged to, and the page on the Bangor new music festival covers the festival the links pointed at, so the reader who reads the old festival links has the whole of the domain's link story in reach, the 337 that pointed and the 22 that remain.