Does PR pass through without a direct link?

shares the same DN but no direct links

[lorax]

I was looking at a site that hosts a variety many smaller websites that do not have their own domain names. The main site has a PR8. The hosted sites have no direct link from that main site but they do share the DN as in:

Main Site: www.majorwidgets.com

Subsites: www.majorwidgets.com/subdir1/clientcode/

The pages on the sub sites are attrocious but even the subpages of one of the sites I was reviewing have a PR5.

Could it be that PR is being passed because they share the same DN?

[robotsdobetter]

It can't be pass because they are not linking to them, but nice Ideal and wish it did work like that. :)

[lorax]

That's what I thought. But I can't get quite justify how that particular page scored a PR5 - especially if you consider it doesn't validate, has no <h> elements, has only a few inbound links, and is basically non-existent in the SERPs.

[grandpa]

But I can't get quite justify how that particular page scored a PR5 - especially if you consider it doesn't validate, has no <h> elements, has only a few inbound links, and is basically non-existent in the SERPs

That sounds a bit like my page. I started a new site (post-florida). It contains no <H> tags, probably does validate but I haven't checked lately. Very few inbound links. Can't hardly find the site in any serps. Woke up a while ago to discover a PR jump from 2 to 6. (All my others sites are up today, as well)

Of course I want to take credit... 2 weeks ago I started a site redesign. Basic white background with black text, keyword text links, decent on topic content. A little splash of color for looks. Basic SEO. No PFI/PPC or other paid advertising of the site at all.

If it goes back back to 2 tomorrow I'll at least have a happy memory. If it stays at 6 I'd say I used a good formula.

[Sharper]

The PR of a page has nothing to do with the content of that page. It has to do with links to that page.

Pages that Google hasn't spidered at all, but merely has found links pointing to, can show PR in the toolbar.