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A previous thread spoke on the amount of PR tranfer between links which was determined to around 0.9 %
(http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/6277.htm)
My question is - based on this theory would it not be more beneficial to have ONE RELEVANT incoming link with a higher page rank (5-7) on each page of a site rather than several per page which could have a dilutive effect if they are less than the first one with the higher PR?
Thanks for any insight,
Billy
Most when discussing PageRank refer to that of their mainpage which is almost always the highest value rather than the mean value.
By spread incoming links throughout your site your main page itself appears less but the effect allows all pages relevant on different topical themes to improve in rankedand relevancy.
In effect - you give up the "ego trip" but gain rank and relevancy in return.
An even distribution of Natural PageRank throughout your site is by far better.
Not universally true at all. Depends a LOT on the specifics of a site. As a general rule, the more diverse your site's contents the more desirable even distribution is. For example, if your site is just about lions, focusing PR to a few pages would likely be best. However, if your site is divided into sections covering every type of cat, you'd want PR spread around a lot.
Having said that, a PR distribution strategy is probably another time wasting seo activity.
Build the site for the user, let the spider in and leave the problem of ranking good content pages to the boffins at Google.... they are better at that than most of us are at trying to manipulate them!
Not universally true at all. Depends a LOT on the specifics of a site. As a general rule, the more diverse your site's contents the more desirable even distribution is. For example, if your site is just about lions, focusing PR to a few pages would likely be best. However, if your site is divided into sections covering every type of cat, you'd want PR spread around a lot.
Even on just "lions" there are many topics and the topic specifics define where the links should go.
I really can't see a 10 page site discussing just "lions" in general without covering other sub-topics "like "lion habitats, "lion eating habit", lion hunting", "lion prides", "lion features".
The site would be pretty lame if "just lions". I'll agree that the vast amount of links would end up at the mainpage, but PageRank is about growth not maintaining the status quo.
Unless you use the link & PageRank to develop authority status on a given topic - what's the point. I doubt that a site on "just lions" would seduce many site owners to link even to the mainpage - you really need to offer more than "just lions".
So IMHO links and PageRank is "universally true" unless your're quite happy with where you are - then why worry about it.
The short answer: No.
The longer answer: make sure it's easy for a person to navigate from any page of your site to any other page, without any kind of "dynamic" links (Javascript, etc.).
And then sit back and cherish each of those incoming links, with whatever PR, to whatever page: each one will benefit all your pages.
But, whatever you do, DON'T start trying to second-guess the Google algorithm with that level of algebraic understanding! If you want to develop an intuitive understanding of Google, start with courses in linear algebra and statistics, concentrating especially on sparse arrays. Anything less is wondrously misleading.
If you are going to go after deep links, NEVER break them! Learn how to do a RedirectPermanent on whatever server you use, and if you move a page for any reason, put in a redirect to the new location.
