Inbound link for a good PR

[arturo]

Suppose I have page 1 optimised on term 1 and page 2 optimised on term 2

If I get a high PR to link into me, will both my pages benefit from the high PR
Does in the inbound link have to point to a particlaur page or will the index do?

[Beachboy]

Both will benefit, although there is a very good chance that page 2 will show lower PR than page 1, if that inbound link goes to page 1.

[andreasfriedrich]

Links always need to point to some URI. If this URI exists and is on your site so much the better. ;)

PR is a property of a resource identified by a certain URI. Itīs not a property of your website. A link to [domain.tld...] will increase the PR of [domain.tld...] not [domain.tld...] or [domain.tld...]

Whereever a link points to on your website it is then up to you to distribute the PR over your website by implementing a clever structure of internal links.

Andreas

[Hawkgirl]

If you've got cheap widgets on page1 and green widgets on page2, you would want the inbound link to point to the page that is most relevant for that particular link, right?

So in an ideal world, if the inbound link is specific to cheap widgets, it should go to page1, and if it is specific to green widgets it should link to page2. And if the link is just about "widgets," it wouldn't matter as much where it points. (?)