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Inner pages PR higher than main page???

Discussion in 'SEO' started by AfterHim.com, Feb 27, 2006.

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  1. #1
    I have a site that is a PR 3....however many of the interior pages are PR 5.
    I don't advertise any of the interior pages, only the main page.

    Anyone seen anything like this?

    brandon
     
    AfterHim.com, Feb 27, 2006 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #2
    Yes, what you're experiencing is not uncommon. For some reason Google sees the internal pages as more valuable - and since the measure is PR it'll be because people are linking to your internal pages and not to your home page.

    Don't see it as a bad thing, it's just the way it works.
     
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  3. balkanboy

    balkanboy Banned

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    Yes that happened to me to. Homepage pr4, subpages pr5 and 6. Wierd.
     
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  4. jfontestad

    jfontestad Well-Known Member

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    sarahk:
    that's not always the case.
    I have some inner pages that are PR6's and some that are PR5's and then most PR4's, yet the only incoming links I have are to the homepage. Which call it a coincidence is a PR0....
    so ... I'd call that a bit weird wouldn't you?
     
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    DomainMagnate Illustrious Member

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    yes the same here exactly. I have one strange site with main page pr2 and all the rest are pr3.. hmmm not that it really matter ;)
     
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  6. tflight

    tflight Peon

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    #6
    jfontestad, I had something similar happen. Most of the inner pages were PR 4 with some 5 and 6. Homepage was a zero. All incoming links pointed to the homepage.

    Everything worked itself out though over a couple more PR updates and things are as you would expect them to be now.
     
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  7. Basoone

    Basoone Peon

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    #7

    What's the url?

    i also have that thingy, my main page shows pr3 but many of my subdomains shows pr4. Its really wierd how G determines what is the relevant link whats not.
    One of my post to craigslist was seen by google as related link, how come that is only for advertisement and its already expired. Thats really weird...
     
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  8. dfsweb

    dfsweb Active Member

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    #8
    It is possible to have a higher PR on an internal page. Ex: if a high PR page links to one of your internal pages the PR will be transferred to that internal page and then on to the other pages. Plus, the way your PR is distributed between internal pages will also depend on the site structure, i.e: which pages link to which other pages within the site. Finally, the toolbar PR is still fluctuating a bit so it might actually settle down in a day or two.
     
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  9. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Do you have particularly vigourous internal linking?
     
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    Sharpseo Peon

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    I've seen this happen a few times. I think it might be a result of some sort of penalty(toolbar PR only) for getting too many incoming links too quickly.
     
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  11. AfterHim.com

    AfterHim.com Peon

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    #11
    Another idea I had was this:

    Think about PR as a storage tank.

    If you have a PR 6, but have 1000 links, those links drain your tank pretty quickly.

    If you have a PR 6 and link to internal pages, that drains it quick as well, but it says within your site...make sense?
     
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  12. Jim4767

    Jim4767 Prominent Member

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    I had the same situation before the current update. PR3 home page, one PR4 inner page. The reason in that case was quite simple: I had gone about to secure some quality links to that inner page, paying off in a higher PR for that page.
     
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  13. Sharpseo

    Sharpseo Peon

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    #13
    That type of situation makes sense. However, this is an example of what I've seen:
    Homepage of PR4
    All subpages (15-20) directly linked from homepage are PR5
    1,500 links to main page (lots of them sitewides)
    Few incoming links to inner pages, certainly nothing rivaling links to the homepage.

    The only thing I can come up with, is that there is some sort of temporary toolbar PR penalty. There very well could be another explanation.
     
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    Jim4767 Prominent Member

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    Yes, the scenario you describe would indeed be puzzling.
     
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    jkomp Well-Known Member

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    I believe this is at least partially because the index page links to all the other pages, thus transferring PR to them.
     
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    #16
    i'm seeing the same thing on a few of my sites too! i'm also not advertising my inner pages at all.

    This has all taken place for my sites within the last couple weeks.
     
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    I haven't seen this to be true on any of my sites. It seems like the homepage is always highest, with the exception of my subdomains. I do a little more promotion with the subdomains, so they have higher PR.
     
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    jkomp Well-Known Member

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    it often happens when you the index.html page linking to all the other pages but the other pages linking to a duplicate of the index.html page but called home.html - i have seen this on a number of sites but obviously wont explain all of them.
     
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    Yeah, I noticed the problem a long time ago:
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=380952&postcount=740
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=380991&postcount=230
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=384570#post384570
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=481528#post481528
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=512977#post512977

    But not alot of people want to discuss the fact that Google is majorly screwing something up. It's almost blind worship... :D

    Here's some more for those with patience:
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=666037&postcount=9
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=608738&postcount=211
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=651419&postcount=171
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=651527&postcount=203
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=653729&postcount=440

    Here's another thread on it:
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=60593

    Roman1 and I discussed it briefly:
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=670434#post670434
     
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    If the heart of your interior pages is meat-and-potatoes content, then that would explain it. A lot of home pages are mere jump pages to the stuff that people look for. The interior pages are what folks really want, thus resulting in the quality links.
     
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