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General Consensus has indicated that each step in PR is logrithmic by a factor of 7. So does this mean that if a PR6 with 8 links will only give you PR5 and if that site had 8*7=49 links, you would only get a PR4 benefit from the link.
Also, since PR is logrithmic, would it not be a totally waste of time to try to get links from sites that have PR which is lower than yours, since you will get the same boost from let say: 1PR5 or 7 PR4 or 49 PR3 or 343 PR2.
It appears that one should spend the most amount of time trying to get links from sites with the same PR or better.
Correct me if im wrong.
The logarithmic value is, simply put, for calculating how much it takes to move up for each numerical notch up, and how many links from a page of one value it will take to be equal to a link from a different value page - taking into consideration the number of links on each of the pages.
Page not site, so you have to ditch the above calculations.
>>It appears that one should spend the most amount of time trying to get links from sites with the same PR or better.
Don't we all wish! But it doesn't work that way. As long as they're quality pages with somewhat of PR, while - sure, it's nice to get them from higher pages, it doesn't pay to over-stress about it. PR is important, but it's not the be-all and end-all of everything.
Hyperlinking is at the very core of the meaning of the web and it behooves us to participate in it according to the original spirit it was intended for.
Set up a page and link it from a, let's say PR6 page. The page will get a PR of 5 then. Now you put 100 links on this page and with the next update you will see, that all the 100 pages got PR4, the amount of links does not matter.
The only thing which causes a problem (rightly) is that a site with 1000 links and nothing more will be regarded spam and therefore will possibly not pass or even get a PR.
greg
It appears that one should spend the most amount of time trying to get links from sites with the same PR or better.
lgn1,
there are other aspects apart from PR:
- other off-page factors (anchor text) are also taken into account for ranking
- you can benefit from visitors coming from these pages
Also, the PR of the pages might increase with time.
you seem to be one of those people who think when there 30 links on a page a link tp you from that page will not benefit you, only because there are 30 other links on the page.
Set up a page and link it from a, let's say PR6 page. The page will get a PR of 5 then. Now you put 100 links on this page and with the next update you will see, that all the 100 pages got PR4, the amount of links does not matter.
The latter statement is definitively incorrect. Not only for the original algorithm but also for the current algorithm the passed PR depends on the number of links. This can be verified very easily.
1. If you have the time read the G doc on the subject
2. Note direct from Google on April 7 2004
The outward PageRank flow is divided by the number of outgoing links, so there's a sort of diminishing return if you have a ton of outlinks.
I have so many test sites that have confirmed the G doc.
Best not to confuse new guys asking for advice, with assumptions
GranPops
hmm, I have tried it with the amount of 500 links on a page and it worked. Of course what I don't know is the "internal" PR count for those pages. I can only talk about toolbar PR here.
But maybe it also depends on the source of the link of the site with the 500 links. There could be differences whether the link comes from an let's say educational site or from a commercial site.
Also the PR which is passed to the site containing the 500 links could play a role. I have tried it with a PR6 link, maybe it does not work when the site only has a PR4 or less.
But when we talk about the toolbar PR it makes no difference for me if I have 500 links on a site or one.
Of course there maybe differences in calculating rankings.
greg
No, not at all, Greg. It's got nothing to do with the quality of the source or type of site for plain old raw PR, and there's no room for guesswork. Page Rank is a numerical value and nothing more.
Page rank passed to each page linked to from any given page = amount of distributable PR for the page divided by number of links on the page minus a damping factor. That's it.
It really is important to read the original paper to avoid misconceptions. Even without being able to follow along or understand the maths, which most don't, the concepts are still there and that's all that's really needed.
What's seen on the toolbar is just a rounded off approximation; it's far from giving anywhere near an accurate measure though it's still a very useful tool.
greg
Have a site that's been advertising on another site for years...and because of how the ad is placed Google had traditionally been showing dozens of inbound links from the site where the ad was placed...from a variety of pages
Then with a recent backlinks update the inbound count went down to just 1...and this is what I was hoping for..
The multiple inbounds links from this industry sector authority hub which had been sitting at PR4 for many months was influencing our PR...now this site has gone to PR5 and we have benefited...and in this particular niche sector a PR5 does very well (at least the bots crawl regularly)...
Maybe you need to stop chasing PR and just get on-topic links from sites that will benefit you with traffic and diversifying your overall link network.
Anyhow today's PR 5 can be tomorrow's PR 2 and vice versa.
It's a lot easier for a page to go from PR 2 to PR 3, 4 and 5 than it is to go from PR 5 to PR 6.
I will take the odds on those 343 sites any day of the week.
Its even more complicated then that because of the damping factor etc.
You can see the original paper here
be interesting to know how much they have modified the PR from this original computation.
I run a web directory, hundreds of links on a specific topic, divided between 10 pages in the same folder. It has convinced me that there's an "internal" PR and an "external" PR.
Argument:
1. Each page links to every other internal page.
2. Each page, including the index, links to 20-50 external links as well.
3. Outside links link *exclusively* to the index page, so, in theory, only that page starts with PR.
4. In theory, the index page should pass along minimal PR, since its PR is 2/3+ "leaked" to external pages.
5. But my internal pages show high PR as well.
Therefore, PR is tracked differently external vs. internal. QED?
Incidentally, it follows that you shouldn't worry about leaking PR because you link. This is good for web quality anyway!
Will this help get increased PR onto the newer and lower PR pages?
Any comments are welcome.
