Weight of text in link

Number? PR?

[sergio00]

Hello! This is my first post here. I have a question that I have recently posted in other forums but I'd appreciate your opinion.

Everybody knows that the text in inbound links is very important. But I was wondering:

Anybody has trustworthy information about the influence of text links? Are its weight more important because of:

- The number of text links pointing to a page?
- The PR of the referring page (independently of the number of outbound links)?
- The PR transmitted with the text link?

Also, intuitively I suppose that text links from other sites/IPs will have more weight that the ones present in the same site, but, can anybody confirm that?

Greetings from Barcelona

Sergio

[ciml]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Sergio.

I'd say that link text (but not PageRank) is better when from another domain.

The PR from the referring page makes a difference but in my opinion the number of links from outside has a significant bearing, assuming relevant link text.

As for whether the information's trustworthy, you'll need to decide for yourself. :-)

[johannes]

Text links are more important than image links because of this:

If lots of pages are linking to you with the anchor text "moon vacations", then you will probably find yourself #1 for "moon vacations" in Google. You will also increase your rankings for "moon" and "vacations".

Also, intuitively I suppose that text links from other sites/IPs will have more weight that the ones present in the same site, but, can anybody confirm that?

You will find different opinions on this board about this. I think ciml made a good point:

I'd say that link text (but not PageRank) is better when from another domain.