Link Authority on a Website

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Maximilian-II, Jun 24, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    I posted this question in the past but didn't get a decent answer -- so hoping someone can give me a better understanding as to how the following scenario works.

    If we were to have a site-wide contextual link, say one sentence and two anchor texts which were linked to two different URLs but sharing the same root domain, would both links get the same authority or perhaps one get more than other?

    Example:

    "Get a cheap hotel room from this company and save over 25% on your Florida Vacation."

    First Anchor Text: cheap hotel
    First Link: http://www.myhotelcompany.com/cheap-hotel

    Second Anchor Text: Florida Vacation
    Second Link: http://www.myhotelcompany.com/flordia-vacation.

    As you can see both of the links share the same root domain, but pointed to a different folder/page. My question is, would for instance 'cheap hotel' get more authority/weight over 'Florida vacation' or would both get the same authority? These are two in-content links on say a website which has PA and DA of 85.

    Thank you in advance,
    Maximilian

    PS: Presuming I haven't blocked spider access to any of the two pages
     
    Maximilian-II, Jun 24, 2011 IP
  2. SamGrace

    SamGrace Member

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    #2
    I don't know what kind of decent answer that you're looking for. No matter the explanation will be, the sort answer is the same: they both will get the same portion of the PR link juice, IMHO.
     
    SamGrace, Jun 25, 2011 IP
  3. friendlymentor

    friendlymentor Peon

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    #3
    Here, you are looking at keyword density.
    5% is whats recommend ratio for keywords in your text.

    According to your sentence, you are supposed to have 1 keyword to get total juice out of that domain [only if its dofollow backlink]. Having multiple keywords with split the juice and will not do any good. Hope that makes it clear for you.
     
    friendlymentor, Jun 25, 2011 IP
  4. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    #4
    this being your first post, you surely didn't post this question here on DP before.

    they both will get similar link juice
     
    Last edited: Jun 25, 2011
    sultanofseo, Jun 25, 2011 IP
  5. Maximilian-II

    Maximilian-II Peon

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    This is what I mean; some say it will do no good, some say it will receive equal link juice and other say the link juice is split between the two links.

    Any other inputs? I'm looking for a more concrete answer from someone who has actually done some A/B testings in this regards.
     
    Maximilian-II, Jun 25, 2011 IP
  6. Irfi0009

    Irfi0009 Banned

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    Here, you are looking at keyword density.
    5% is whats recommend ratio for keywords in your text.

    According to your sentence, you are supposed to have 1 keyword to get total juice out of that domain [only if its dofollow backlink]. Having multiple keywords with split the juice and will not do any good. Hope that makes it clear for you.
     
    Irfi0009, Jun 25, 2011 IP
  7. jcyber

    jcyber Active Member

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    They will carry the same weight, value wise.
     
    jcyber, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  8. Maximilian-II

    Maximilian-II Peon

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    It seems there's no definite answer. This is more of a discussion and debate. Has anyone done any A/B testings to see if the two links will get equal juice or one will get more than other?
     
    Maximilian-II, Jul 2, 2011 IP
  9. ranjithsf1

    ranjithsf1 Peon

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    #9
    Keyword density is no longer taken into account these days is what many SEO gurus say.
     
    ranjithsf1, Jul 2, 2011 IP
  10. ranjithsf1

    ranjithsf1 Peon

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    #10

    He might have posted it on another forum.
     
    ranjithsf1, Jul 2, 2011 IP