Is a resource page bad for SEO

[Britewave]

This is the page http://www.christoit.com/free-resources/articles. While this page isn't what I would consider to be a "resource page"  (there are no downloads or any other resources)  The question is, does a page like this that just has links to articles, hurt the overall ranking of the site.

If you have any examples to support your opinion that would be great!

Thanks so much for all awesome threads and answers on this site. There are some really smart people all in one place!

[Travis_Bailey]

The page is only handing out some internal links. Though the Geo targeting is telling me exactly what you want to rank for. It's a little odd, perhaps somewhat unnatural, but nothing you would get penalized for.

What I think is bad for SEO is this. If I click on Free Resources, I'm presented with a Twitter feed, a news archive and nothing of substance. That is bad for SEO.

If you have to put something there, then produce snippets of the Free Resources that you offer. The 'read more'/'what have you' links should point to the articles.

[MoosaHemani]

I don’t see Resource pages as bad pages for SEO. I believe the best way to create a good resource page is by actually adding resources from different websites that really contain great content related to the subject.

The best idea is to include the best resources and then let them know that you have included their link in the website and encourage them to either link back or share this page with their circles.

I am not saying this will help you much in SEO but in order to entertain user to the next level good resource pages always works!

Hope this helps!

[Zippy-Bungle]

I think the question you need to ask is "Would my ideal customer bookmark this page because it will help them time and time again?"

Google is fairly clear that it doesn't like low quality pages so this is really the test of what you have to do. I have exactly the same issue - and it's every day I try and add a few more bits to my resource page. That way in a month it will be ok, in 6 months it will be great and in a year it will be totally amazing