Relevancy of inbound links.

A new beginner.

[twozeroniner]

Please can anyone let me know as a brand new user and a newcomer to search engine optimization, how important the page rank is of the websites linking back to my site. Is the higher the page rank the better or does it depend on the other sites content and relevancy to mine.

All comments will be much appreciated, and may I say this is an excellent website.

[deejay]

Hi there.. and welcome to WebmasterWorld :)

1. PR is only relevant to Google. Pays to keep that in mind before you get too obsessed about it.

Having said that, links from a site that is well-liked and well-linked are a plus for other search engines as well.

2. Higher PR links will help increase your own PR more than lower PR links. And PR is still a significant factor in Google's algo, so will help your rankings.

On the other hand, high-PR completely-off-topic links will probably send you very little direct traffic. I have a PR0 link (that page - not the whole site) from an on-topic site that sends me 50 visitors every month like clockwork, and those visitors are essentially 'pre-qualified buyers'.

Get the best of both worlds - seek out higher PR on-topic sites. It takes work, but it's worth it.

[Herenvardo]

I've put a post related some minutes ago at [webmasterworld.com...]
Basically, I'm telling thet the best links are the natural links.
To know exactly how PR is calculated, look at here [****.com...] or search for PageRank formula

Greetings,
Herenvardö

[twozeroniner]

Het guys, thanks for the information, much appreciated. If I match my meta description, keywords & title to that of my main text on the webpage, I guess I am doing little wrong. The reciprocal links seem to be the hardest part of any SEO job. I'll get to work straight away!

Regards

[jdancing]

There is no way I could manage links by hand. It would just be way too time consuming.

I have had very good luck using one of the link management sites out there that do most of the work for me at about $20 per month. Link pages are maintained and checked for link-backs. You can set things up so you only accept on-topic sites to review for possible link back. If the site is off topic, they can't even ask for a link. It works very well to improve link popularity using very little of your time. Just make sure you take a quick look at the site asking for a link before linking back. Lots will be new sites, but these new sites eventually become old sites and some become real gems.

The other option is to pay someone to find on-topic links for you. You'd be amazed at how cheap people will work per link. Post something at one of those 'freelance workers for hire' type sites and ask for bids for someone for find you on 200 on-topic links that your reciprocate back on one big link-page.

The bottom line is spend your time building content, promoting your site and coming up with new ways to improve your site, not on building link pages for search engines--let someone else do that work for you.