<b>Do Directories experience PR Drain</b>

Discussion in 'Directories' started by swedal, Aug 17, 2007.

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    With all the outgoing links directories have, do they experience a page rank drain?

    Lets say you have a PR 7 site with very few listings at first. People figure out you're PR 7 and everyone rushes to get in. Would all those outbound links cause the PR of your directory to drop if you did not get additional incoming links?

    Thanks for your help!
     
    swedal, Aug 17, 2007 IP
  2. jg123

    jg123 Notable Member

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    'PR Drain' or 'PR Leak' is a myth and has never been proven.
     
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  3. deebee

    deebee Active Member

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    There is a theoretical maximum of 20 links/page. If total site drain was an issue then DMOZ have got BIG problems...
     
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    britishguy Prominent Member

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    Here we go again with yet another link bait thread are these types of OP necessary ?
     
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    Freewebspace Notable Member

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    I have a site with nearly 50 outgoing links ,It is still at PR3
     
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    swedal Notable Member

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    Listen I read something about this on the net and just wanted to get the real scoop from people that would know. It was not a link bait thread, but thanks for answering the question and putting that to rest for me.
     
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    jg123 Notable Member

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    Based on what theory or research?

    So you also have a theory on partial PR drain?

    Sorry deebee but it is stuff like this, that can make your everyday submitter nuts and just not bother submitting to directories at all.

    PR Leak is just like Santa or the Easter Bunny....
     
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    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    Not the PR of our page decreses..

    But it decreases PR juice of listed sites if there are lots of links.
     
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    loredan Well-Known Member

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    Is this theory proved?

    Thanks
     
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    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    What I mean to say is :

    1)Suppose there is a PR5 page with 10 links on it... And 2)There is a PR5 page with 30 links on it.. -
    PR5 page with 10 links will pass more PR juice to them than condition 2...

    If I am wrong then sorry - I dont know much about it.
     
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    speda1 Well-Known Member

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    These things can't be proven.

    I see it like MeetHere, the strength of the outbound links becomes diluted as the number of outbounds increases.

    Think of a page with a thousand outbound links. I don't care what PR the page has, the links are'nt going to be worth anything.
     
    speda1, Aug 17, 2007 IP
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    mrcrowley Peon

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    I would tend to agree with this. Even when a directory has a high pr. When everyone is scrambling to get into it and the pages get overloaded, eg. 20 or so sitewides, 20 or so featured links and 20 or so regular links not to mention extra banner links, category sponsors and footer links, very often with quite high price directory. Suddenly it looks a lot less attractive.
     
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