その作業が、”外部要因”つまり関連するサイトからの被リンク獲得に費やす時間です.

English translation: external factors

04:24 Aug 11, 2006
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Japanese term or phrase: その作業が、”外部要因”つまり関連するサイトからの被リンク獲得に費やす時間です.
外部要因 = external factor/externalization ?????

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My work concerns "externalization" that is increasing the number of backlinks to websites.

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English translation:external factors
Explanation:
That work is the time spent on external factors, that is, the acquisition of backlinks from related sites.

This probably has something to do with increasing web traffic. In other words, there are some things you can do to increase your popularity in search engines such as using css and keeping your content useful and up to date, but there are other factors that you cannot control such as getting others to link to your site.

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Note added at 53 mins (2006-08-11 05:18:22 GMT)
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Correction, which you cannot control "directly".
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external factors


Explanation:
That work is the time spent on external factors, that is, the acquisition of backlinks from related sites.

This probably has something to do with increasing web traffic. In other words, there are some things you can do to increase your popularity in search engines such as using css and keeping your content useful and up to date, but there are other factors that you cannot control such as getting others to link to your site.

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Note added at 53 mins (2006-08-11 05:18:22 GMT)
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Correction, which you cannot control "directly".

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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
external factor


Explanation:
it is 'external factor'  - you can think of this as 定訳. Other ways to say:
External cause
outside cause
The sentence is rather odd, here is my attempt:
This process is the time for external causes, in other words, obtaining links received from related sites.

BTW Would it be "My" work if the speaker says その ? Shouldn't that be "この作業" ?

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Note added at 2 days4 hrs (2006-08-13 09:22:17 GMT)
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oops, it looks like Casey and I were writing our respones at the same time.

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