Does the Page Matter?

inbound links

[mopek]

Does the PR of the page your inbound link is on have as much importance as the PR of the site?

For example, if I have an inbound link coming in from a PR 6 website, but the page MY link is on is a PR 0 , does google think

" hey a PR 6 site...cool! I better take a look, spider it and notice everything on every page"

or

" hey a PR 6 site...cool! I'll look at the main page but ignore the rest of the pages since they are a PR 0 "

mopek :)

[Chicago]

>>Does the Page Matter?

Yes

Sites don't have PR, pages do.

[Page]rank

>>MY link is on is a PR 0

Not advisable.

One may question why PR was not passed from the home page to the page in question. Is it a new page? Is the internal linking structure identifyable? Or is it simply a recip linking scheme front?

[oaktown]

I also check first (before trading links) to be as certain as possible that the page that will be linking to me doesn't have too many links on it (I think 50+ may be excessive) and that it at least shows up as a backlink for pages to which it already links.

[mopek]

Thanks for your replies.

So if Pages have PR and Sites do not then that pretty much answers my question.

I get alot of link exchange requests (and I mean ALOT) from all types of webmasters. Many have PR of 5 and above and make it sound like they are doing me a favor by exchanging links with me. It would be a favor it my link was on thier main page but usually thier links pages are deep, hidden and so numerous I think even google bots give up at some point.

Many of them use linksmanager or other link swap software which automates and burys the links.

mopek

[Chicago]

That's right mopek.

Consider Google's own words:

PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important."