paynt - 4:57 pm on Mar 3, 2001 (gmt 0)

I'm going to agree again with Brett here and will add that I think you can make this .50 weight figure higher with a strong internal link strategy. Particularly true for Google.

I have found so many sites ranked higher from what appears to be a very strong internal link strategy then sites with lots of incoming links yet no internal linking strategy evident.

Start from the bottom up. Make your own site strong first and then add those incoming links. This may make your site more appealing to external link partners.

Additionally I’ll suggest you look for links from university professors. These can go for as much as 25 points if I follow Brett’s weight theory. And I think hub/authorities on theme can often weight much higher then 5 points. Certain link partnerships the same and can weigh in higher than 2 points.