Back link ? for the experts (relevant vs. irrelevant)...

Obviously, the best back link to have would be a very relevant, high PR, do follow link. But I would like to get some expert opinions on which scenario you would prefer with these alternatives.

A) High PR (4, 5, 6+), do follow, irrelevant page vs. B) PR (0-1), no follow, very relevant.

In other words, at what point would you prefer the irrelevant, do follow, High PR link? Would it need to be a 4, 5, 6, 7 or would you always rather have the relevant, no follow?

Thanks in advance for reading.

 

this is just me but i would reather have a pr 4,5,6 or higher irrelevant. then one pr low rank relavant especially if they are do follow. now if it was4,5,6 revelant i would consider it in a heartbeat but 0-1 would not be worth my time. but again thats just me.

 

Thanks, MGF.

My thinking has always agreed with you. I just have to believe PR 5,6,7 (especially .edu's) do follows on completely irrelevant pages are worth more than PR 0-1 relevant pages.

 

I'd go with the more relevant links myself. But I wouldn't aim for the nofollow ones. I'd attempt to develop some kind of a relationship or partnership with the site owner so I can get the nofollow attribute value removed from the site.

 

I agree with you Dan.

Relevancy is one of the most important factor when comes to link building. If you are aiming higher ranking then its very important that you get backlinks from more and more relevant sites.

As far as PR is concerned, if the page is hosting irrelevant links then more chances are there that their PR will soon get down.

Yes however if the relevant link is providing nofollow then it is definitely of not so much use. Rather we should try getting it dofollow

 

High PR and relevant and you are on the right track. So, A is the only way to go.

 

That's not always the case though, hpgoodboy. If the first group of links only bring a trickle of traffic that just stops and leaves, while the second group (despite not impacting your rankings) is sending a flood of traffic that's buying your products and ordering your services, which would YOU choose?

I'd go with the latter.

 

Thanks for the reply, Dan. For clarification, there is no amount of dofollow PR (6,7,8) for an unrelated page that you would choose over PR 0-1 (nofollow) that is related?

 

This wasn't an option, so try again.

 

It might not be the option you presented here, but it is an option here in real life.

By posing this question, you're sort of missing the point. If you target relevant backlinks, both do follow and no follow, then it's easier to become an authority in Google's eye.

If you just go for backlinks that have good PR no matter where they come from, then you're just a spammer in google's eyes. That's exactly what Google doesn't like about SEO. Relevancy makes for better search results.

If you go after a bunch of links just becuase they have PR, then you're just painting a target on your back in the eyes of Google. It may work for awhile, but when you get busted, it's going to hurt.

 

If you are saying every industry has High PR, dofollow, relevant link opportunities, then you are mistaken. Furthermore, this thread had a specific question and point. You and your buddy missed it.

 

No, I'm saying that you should concentrate your efforts on related, quality backlinks, both do-follow and no-follow. And I would place the emphasis on related do follow with PR.

Related links are the key. Your question implies that you are not able to find relevant links that are also do-follow and that have good PR. I would suggest you widen your search to include sites that are in a broader category, so that they are still related, just not quite as closely.

If you are saying that there are NO places you can acquire backlinks on a quality, relevant sites with PR, send me your URL, and I'll be more than happy to point out a few dozen for you.

I'm not trying to be contrite. I'm honestly offering to help.

 

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Fair enough, thanks for the post.

 

It would depend on the niche and how much traffic they'd be able to deliver. I tend to look for merit-based links that will add tangible value to my clients' sites (and their bottom line) instead of chasing after PR the way some lawyers run after ambulances.

 

It depends on what you mean by high PR? For certain industries PR3/4 links are more then sufficient to dominate the space.

I'd do both.

 

High PR and Relevant site is the best of my experience
just do it what you think is the best work for you..

 

Definitely go with the High PR sites if you can get an DOFOLLOW link with your own anchor text. From experience quantity of irrelevant high PR links can easily add up to 1 or 2 relevant low PR links.

 

That's what my intuition tells me also. There are plenty that disagree, though.

 

if u got a domains which is trusted my google ? any link can help
just get the trust from the google 1st ..

 

relevant links even from low PR websites are very useful .for irrelevant links i would go only with high PR.the best would be relevant links from high PR,trustworthy websites. you can have both . nofollow links-only for traffic