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DMOZ shares its data with other sites (namely Google, but there are loads of others - regional directories - using DMOZ data in a directory format on their sites) - what impact does this have on PR?
I bring it up as im fairly new to all this SEO marlarky and ive noticed a lot of talk of people getting a PR5 from just a DMOZ and Google listing. But surely if DMOZ (and presumably Google too) shares its data with hundreds of other sites (who subsequently link to you), then the PR of these sites will affect your PR too.
Ive just gotten into DMOZ and Google this month with my site and have be using some Link popularity tools to see who is linking to me and noticed a few random (and somewhat obscure) directory sites.
So, if your are listed in a low PR DMOZ category and this data is shared with another directory site, surely the PR of the page you are listed on (on the obscure site) is just low as ur DMOZ listing (if not even lower as more obscure sites will have an overall lower PR)?
My question is: could a single listing on DMOZ and Google in a low PR category actually have a negative affect on the PR of your site due to the frequency of the data being shared?
Scott
Take into consideration all SE's that reference DMOZ.
To answer your question: Low PR to you has little affect, if any.
No, this is not at all how PR works. every apparently-legitimate incoming link ADDS "a little" to the page's PR. Links from low-PR pages merely add "very little" PR.
What does "very little" mean? Well, in principle, you won't be too far wrong if you think of a PR 1 link as adding, say, one-quadrillionth or so to the chances of any particular spider being on that page at any particular time, and PR 10 link as adding, say, one-millionth to the chances. (plus or minus several zeros after the decimal point.)
No, this is not at all how PR works. every apparently-legitimate incoming link ADDS "a little" to the page's PR. Links from low-PR pages merely add "very little" PR.
Ah!
I think i picked it up wrong somewhere along the line - i thought that the incoming PRīs kinda of averaged out (eg, two PR5 plus two PR7 gives u an average PR6).
Cheers for the help!
