SEO Experts Answer This One

If you have a new site which of the following is better for a back-link.

A home page that has a PR6 but the page your link is on is a PR0.

A home page that has a PR2 but the page your link is on is a PR2. Not the home page.

Both of them are related to the site.

 

I would rather have the PR0 link from the PR6. I haven't done any testing to see which is more beneficial though.

 

That's why I asked for experts who really know the answer. Because I have no idea.

 

any backlink is good for the site as long as it is in the niche, but the PR6 will probably have more authority and hence might...just might give you en extra boost.

 

How many outbounds ?

How old are both the sites ? What is the general profile of links going out ( from the links page) ?

 

Outbound links are a big factor, but all things being equal I would take the PR2 link.

 

Unless you're a Google engineer, you won't know the "real" answer to this because the link juice that is given by Google is determined by Google's algorithm. And even then, it wouldn't be easy to assess since so many factors go into determining the "strength" of a back link (such as age of page, outbound links, etc).

There are no perfect answers, but over time you'll gain enough experience to make good, educated judgments.

Personally, if I had a choice between a link from a PR0 page at DMOZ vs a PR2 page at a less-known directory, I would definitely go with DMOZ.

Just my 2 cents,
Steve

 

PR-6 page site placement is the best choice. Along with backlink, it will be useful to get traffic also, which is an important thing for a new blog...

 

you definitely want to go with the pr2 page, because that individual page has more authority then the page with pr0 ( even if that site has a pr6 on its home page, thats not where you link we be placed). The pr2 page will also show up in search engines more often then the pr0 page, thus creating more opportunities for people to click on your link, and more traffic is always a good thing.

 

I would go for the PR2...the most important thing to consider is where you link is placed. The site might have PR6 but your link is placed on a PR0 page...it only means the linkjuice from the site is not properly distributed...Not like the PR2 site wherein the other pages have the same PR which means in my opinion, the juice the distibuted properly and you will surely benefit from it. Besides, just by comparing with your statement...your link from the PR^ site will be placed on a PR0 page, on the other hand, a PR2 site placing your link on a PR2 page thus passing you a higher PR.

 

It sounds like some of the people answering this question are mistakenly still obsessed with Google PR. A PR2 is very low and would likely get very little traffic. On the other hand a PR6 is quite high and it should have more traffic throughout the site. I think Google cares more about the authority of a domain compared to the PR of a specific page.

 

I don't understand why it matters? We can't control weather or not a PR6, PR0, or PR anything links to us. Take the backlink regardless and forget about it as long as the niche is similar...which we can't control either.

 

if you het a home page from your niche website thats more beneficial.

 

The pagerank of the backlink page is important, rather than the home page. When we do the link building, we have to consider this concern.

Intelligent question, good.

Regards,
Karunakar,
SEO.

 

I would go for the PR2. I also agree with the above reasons. But there is another reason. It will be very hard for the PR6 to grow. But the PR2 page should over time. Who knows, it might go to a PR4 in time.

 

Point taken. But it is called page"rank" not google domainrank. Every page of a domain has the opportunity to achieve a high page rank independently of the sites homepage ranking.

A single page of a domain can rank number one and have a high page rank while the homepage of the same site has a pr0 and is not listed in the serps at all.

 

Id go with the one that has pr 2 because that means that the sub page has some authority and appears in the search engines, and if the site has pr 6 and pr 0 inner pages that means that there is no linking between the 2 so the inner page probably won't appear in the serps

 

Definitely the PR6 one. The PR6 will be crawled more frequently and deeply than the PR2 page. Another thing to check is to find out how many backlinks each homepage and linkpage has and also the quality of those backlinks. Ultimately, you need to weigh these factors up in a pros and cons spreadhseet and then make your decision.

 

A few things you may want to look at. First, Check the cache date in Google and Yahoo for the exact page you are going to appear on. If one page is getting updated frequently by Google and another is not at all that could help you determine which Google views are more relevant.

Also is the PR 0 page a new page? If it is and its linked even moderately well within that PR 6 structure it will gain PR within the next update or 2..not that I personally really care my about PR.

The next think you might do is check in Yahoo Site explorer for the number of links pointing to each of the exact pages you are going to appear on. Again with all of this you are trying to see if one site has clear advantages over the other.

Look at placement as well because if one site is giving amazing placement you could stand to get more actual foot traffic from the link...anyhow hope that helps.

PS. the age of both domains should also factor in your choice.

 

Unless your link is on the homepage a pr 2. But if the pr 0 is a new page it depends as it might have not been indexed yet.