I have a pretty niche website and am now performing the daunting task of promoting. I was wondering, if I get it in 5 sites with a PR of 7 how will this affect my PR? My current PR is 0 but the website itself is very highly SEO'd.
Depends on the PR of category you are listed in + the number of listings on that page. More outbound links... less PR value you get.
But you will have to pay for those value links so you will need revenue coming in to maintain PR7 Links just my 2 cents worth
This forums fast with the replies thanks guys! Agent, What do you mean about outbound links, are you saying if I link back to the directory it will lower my PR or are you saying if my website has a lot of links to other websites it'll lower my PR?
Lee, If you get on a page that has PR7, it should get you a nice boost to go with the many other links you will have to get before you see much difference. High PR sites in small numbers are great, but this would only be part of the equation. I would concentrate on direct links on PR4 - PR5 sites first and work my way up the natural way.
I'm hoping a number of people can confirm this, the reason I'm a bit skeptical is because I'm almost certain a lot of people on this forum are running PR4 / PR5 directories and thus are scouting for business. With regards to getting on low PR sites, I'm leaving that upto my site visitors, there is a financial incentive for them to promote my site. (revenue sharing). The demographics on my site are very resourcefull people and I'm confident they'll help.
Preety difficult to say how Big Daddy's algo --would consider this time. It will also depend on the sites from which type of sites you will have those links! Normally-- I reckon PR6 --or minimum PR5 along with few PR5/6 links
I am not talking about the links going out from your website. (Thats another story) I am referring to the number of listings in the category where you are going to be listed. Say if you submit to a PR7 directory, you are not getting a PR7 link. You will be listed in a sub category which may have a PR of say 4. So if this category contains e.g. 10 listings, the PR 4 of this page will be distributed among these 10 listings. got the point?
LOLOL really? Not five PR7 pages, but five listings on PR7 directories, should be PR3 pages I think with luck you could get PR4 - PR5
There is no right answer with the information you have given. Each page can pass 85% of its PR, but that is divided between the number of outgoing links on the page. If you get a link on a page with 50 outgoing links, it is only going to pass 1/50th the PR as a page with only one link. Toolbar PR is rounded - i.e. a PR7 page can be a 7.01 to 7.99 (you have no way of knowing) and there is a big difference between the two (the 7.99 would pass about 6X more PR). Increasing your PR isn't going to help your rankings if the links you get are from non-relevant sites. SEO has nothing to do with PR - PR is 100% based on incoming links. The highest quality, very best SEO'ed site will stay a PR0 if it doesn't have incoming links. Unless you are trying to sell links, I wouldn't worry about PR and just concentrate on getting quality links from authority sites (sites that already rank high in your sector).
Yes really! Assuming the pages give pr juice,assuming theres not more then 20 out going links and assuming they are all different ip's
I really don't know why people say PR won't help with seo, I'm no expert but from my experience it does help, try get your chosen key word on a pr7+ site and you will rank in the first page, so isn't this seo?
This is when you need to be selective and try to get a balanced mix of Directories, many good offers are right here on DP and I take your point about scouting for business But there are a solid dependable group of Directory Owners here who offer value backed up by sustainable marketing and support There is a very healthy respect among many of the Directories competing for business here on DP You will need a spread and width in your submissions and note that it is a program that is not short term we do submissions to paid directories every day Because that is how to keep improving your services
Trusted sites tend to have high PR - getting a relevant link will help you rank better. Get a PR7 link on a computer repair site for your dog grooming site will pass PR but not help you rank better.
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I fully agree with you. These days lots of SEO experts downplay PR for SERPs. But Alive has become an authority site because it has tons of PR6/7 links and because of those topping the SERPs.
Hello.. If i were you i wouldnt knock PR4 or PR5 links weather its coming from a inner catagory 0f a directory or blog or whatever... just make sure its on a relevent page is your best bet. Having a Few PR6 and PR7s should get you possible 5-6 depending on how well indexed your site is and total count of links in your site equation.. thx malcolm