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One keyphrase in a mid-page table links to index page...
One nav link at bottom of page links to index page...
Which link counts toward index page's PR?
All?
Only the first one?
First AND keyphrase?
Think of it as every page having one vote. If you link to three different pages you give 1/3 of a vote to each. If you link three times to one page, you give that page 1 vote. If you link once to that page, you give it one vote. There's no advantage to linking multiple times. If there were, then we'd all have 100 (or 1000) links back to our home pages from every other page.
How does it help your users to have three links back to your home page? Might you be best with just one link that contains your key phrase? At the moment you're diluting the relevance of the anchor text.
Is that the case - if PageA has 1 link to PageX and 2 links to PageY then PageY get's 2/3 of the PR dispersed? Dunno why I always assumed they'd both get 1/2.. Anyone know for sure?
Given some of the documents mentioning it from Google programmers, I think it's a pretty sure bet, template links are not being counted the way the rest of the page is. Where the page count line is at (how many pages does it take to determine the template code) is unknown, but I think its somewhere around a dozen.
in a template - strip that away. What's left is the link that counts
Please tell me I misread that.
-GT
That's the impression I got (but my post dissapeared? Damn IE ;) ) .. Brett - is that what you mean? - that google will ignore common links? .. would this not distort the distribution of PR around a site?
Do people think that having 2 links on a page would transfer double the PR (well not exactly double but.. ) to the page to which they link? or are all links from pA to pB counted as one?
Not entirely, but I don't think the full value is xfered. Some of those links are either directly discounted, or not credited in full.
It is very easy to determine a "template" mathmatically. It's a simple comparison to find the sequence. Once the sequence is found, in various locations, you know you have nailed the template.
If I can write one in perl in a few hours.
See those dicussions from last month on "why don't links at the bottom of the page count".
But here, you're saying that that link will not count or be of less value because it is in the "template"(same spot every time).
How is it possible to keep your home link valuable without moving it around the page and confusing the user?
Note: I'm not being a wiseguy, just contemplating ;)
1.) Top nav link with anchor text of "Index" links to index.htm...
2.) Link in mid-page table with anchor text "Foo City Hotels" also links to index.htm...
Will the value of the anchor text "Foo City Hotels" be lessened because this link is not the first link on the page between these two pages?
Mucho bummero.
You think template links are counting as much as the rest of the page?
I can't say definitively, but for PR (which is what we were discussing) I doubt if it makes any difference.
I certainly wouldn't be surprised if internal anchor text was seen as being less important in establishing relevance, since it's so easily manipulable. I renamed 300+ links from "home" to "keyword" and while that may have had some effect it wasn't a stunning one.
Could you reference those documents, Brett? I'd be interested in seeing them.
