Hi, I have a question which I can't work out, can someone please explain. I've seen people saying if you buy a backlink from a High PR web directory it can help your own websites PR. Ok so say I purchase a backlink from a PR4 Web Directory. Now the page where my link is at is only on a category page which is only a pr0 or even a PR n/a which I believe means its not even indexed by google. But the web directory home page is a PR 4 So my question is do I still get the PR of the website through this low PR web page link? Or have I just got a link from a low PR page as this seems to happen everywhere. Hope this makes sense.
You are correct. The link from the directory category page is going to be a lower PR, usually 0. Unless you are linking from their Home page, you won't get the full PR of that directory! Focus instead on RELEVANCY and matching KW to the category, get your site more links in as many places as possible. I've paid for links on occasion but wouldn't recommend doing so. One of my competitors bought too many paid links, and now his page rank is "0".
Yes if your category is PR0 instead of homepage, you will get that PR. If you want pr you can buy links from blogs with that particular PR.
If a site has a PR 4 homepage and gives you a backlink from a PR 0 page, you got a backlink from a PR 0 (not 4). If you get a backlink from a page that is not indexed at all (no google cache), you got no PR juice, no "backlink" at all (until the page gets indexed). If you buy a paid directory listing, do so only for a small amount covering review of your site for approval by the directory. This is not considered as paid listing by google. If you buy backlinks from PR pages (e. g. a footer link from the homepage of a PR4 directory), you will pay more than a review fee and you may be penalized by search engines if ggle knows that (let's say if your competitors report it). In fact, you should consider both the PR and the amount of links of the linking page (you get less PR juice if the linking page has a lot of links). Last but not least, quality of backlink is not simply a matter of PR, it depends on several other factors (same theme, trust site, ...). Relevancy is very important.
Thanks, I've often wondered about that... Does that mean it's not worth it? Not that I'd ever PAY for links. Cheers Zander
I wouldnt pay allot of money for High PR links. What i they remove the link a month after paying? Whatif the site gets shut down or they just go out of business? Lots of things you cant control. WhatI will do and have done in the past is buy bulk bak links for cheap say 100 to 500 if it cost me noting more than around 10.00 out of pocket.
I think it have no sense to buy links from payed directory because there are many free highPR directories. Just use for example DirectoryCritic.com site where you can find more free directories where you can submit your site.
if you buy links at high page rank... then i think you will get surly a page rank.... but it's depend on that how much you have back links for your website.... it is not that if you put your link at one 4 page rank website... and you are waiting for a increase page rank of your website... get some good and high page rank... then it does sense... Cheers!
IMO some directories are worthwhile, but they know it and therefore charge high fees. Links should be relevant to your website and keywords. Stick to that simple rule and you will see an increase in serps.
heh, u r right, take a look at the PR of the page where your link will be. By the time you'll just know what page rank you'll get by just looking at at PR of the home page and how deep your link will go.
Google treat each web page distinctly. You will get benefit of the PR of that particular page where your link is. So it won't be much beneficial.
I've always wondered this too. Then why are people always fussing about directories with a high PR? ALL directories inner pages/cateegories are a PR 0 or n/a. So whats the big deal?