PR 0 link to a website

Will PR 0 sites effect my PR

[pkropp]

I am new here and to being a webmaster and have not seen a topic exactly like what I am asking.

I run a site that is in vaious top 10 rankings for about 30 keywords. I have a PR of 5 on my index page and a PR 4 on my links page. I get requests from sites that offer good noncompetitive content for a reciprical link, but it is a fairly new site that has not established a PR rank (shows as 0) yet. Will setting up a reciprical link with this site cause me to lose PR?

I am glad I stumbled across this forum as I have been looking for a forum like this for a while. Guess I am little slow in finding things. :)

[Stefan]

Hi pkropp. Welcome to WebmasterWorld.

The PR0 of the site that you are thinking of doing the recip link with, because it's new, might not actually be PR0. The Page Rank that shows in the toolbar in Google runs on its own schedule and can be a month or two behind what Google is actually factoring in as the PR of the site.

That said, before you do recip links, it's a good idea to have a very close look at the site you will be linking to... take a look at who else they are exchanging links with. See if there's anything dodgy about it all.

Incoming links won't usually hurt you, but linking out to the wrong sites sure can.

If you have a PR5 now, and if you are doing well in the serps, do you even need that link?

These are all factors to be considered.

[JenniferL]

Hi everyone! I have a question along the same lines. When I first started doing link exchanges, the only page rank I looked at on these sites was the home page rank, but I have read in several other places that it doesn't matter what their home page rank is unless your link is on their home page. So now I look at their link page rank, and if it is much lower than my home page rank I do not request a link exchange. Am I doing the right thing, or doesn't it matter? Thanks!

[coosblues]

As it's been mentioned before. A site that may have low PR now could one day be a PR powerhouse. I'd say that if the link offers something your readers would enjoy and it's relevant to your content then go for it. Whenever I get a request from a site with a low PR I very often will reciprocate the link (after thoroughly checking the site). Every site was PR0 at one time.

[cbpayne]

Also remember that PR0 is not really 0, its just <1