Thinking of buying some directory links, but I notice the pages that most people would put the links have 0 PR. Does it matter if the Directory has PR5 and inner pages have nothing, whats the benefit of this as opposed to buying links on pages wid PR ?
people will want pages that have PR. if homepage has PR5 and other pages have PR0 its usually a dropped domain.
You list sites on pages with PR -- you get PR. PR5 directories with NO-PR on inner-pages are mostly owned by QBCs who use dropped domains to dupe clients. But 99.99% established directories have good PR on inner-pages if the homepage has PR. Some directories have better PR on inner-pages than homepage which means they are highly valuable. Please check -- www.linkbook.org -- it has home-page PR4 but most of its innerpages are PR6 http://www.linkbook.org/Business-Economy/ They are called genuine directories owned by reputed directory owners. If you list on Paid directories --MAKE SURE -- the directory has PR on atleast main categories. Tnx.
It can take up to 9 months to get inner page rank, for various reasons. If I directory has a profesional look and is well promoted then you can still get a good value from listing in it. An example of this would be my directory WRdir.com, it was P3, then PR4 and now PR5 but most of the inner categories don't have page rank because I did not start aggresively building links till just a few months ago. The price for a permanent regular link with three deep links is only $8.50 which is quite a bargain, inner page PR will come, it is just a matter of time.
Homepage PR and no inner PR is the result of no promotion, or dropped domains as stated above. Promotion isnt supposed to stop is it? HA! I'm happy to say my dir has inner pr on most pages... as does many other reputable directories that can be found all over DP.
Use this tool to easily see the pagerank of inner pages of a site. If a site has a good PR but none inside then it may be a dropped domain or just need watching. If you look at Zippy Directory for instance, you'll see it's a PR4 directory with lots of PR3 pages.
The benefit is far more greater and yes it does matter. Your asking, "Is there any difference from buying a PR4 homepage link or a PR0?". Good luck!
Are you sure about that my friend? I am not -because as far as I know --it is the directory structure--URL structures that count most for PRs. IMHO- You just can not install the script and keep them default categories for good innerpage PRs. Because --then there will be huge numbers of duplicate URLs. I can get PR on innerpages with single updates --and so too 99% established directory owners. My new directory ( launched in March) didn't only get Good PR on Top categories --but many second level categories too have good PRs. As you say --your directory took 9 minths for inner-page PR -- maybe you can give a serious thaught to my method. A Single/Double SPACE on URLs can fool the bots and make your URLs Unique thereby getting you nice PRs.
if you have a tiny budget, it can take years to get good PR flow. If you spent $xxxx like i have done, you will hopefully get PR4 on category pages.
I can see the topic going Off-line. I am sorry --this will be my last off-topic post on this thread. Mikey - I have to dis-agree with you. I know one directory owner -who pointed PR7 links to a particular category for his directory - along with many PR7 and some PR8 links on main domain. His directory got PR5 home-page and PR4 on inner-pages including that special category with special PR7 links pointing to it. So I can't agree with you. You can buy special links for special categories-- but thats not the answer. Closest thing to get PR on innerpages is the Site-structure. But hey-- am I making the ALGOs? -- NO So its only that foolish (because it does not comply with the most brilliant reasoning of online experts who are making endless theories/reasoning to decipher the PR% calculation) site starting with G -- that can answer it. Tnx
If the directory has good number of backlinks, is well promoted, owned by a reputed member - if the directory is PR5 and no PR in internal pages, you can still submit in relevant category, as in next PR update, that category will surely achieve PR..
Not much if the inner pages havent any PR, but if you know that the site is highly promoted they will obtain their pagerank in the next update for sure!