I recently saw another thread called Price per PR point, which I assumed (incorrectly) was referring to the price of a "link" associated with PR. The OP of that thread was looking for something else. The reason for this thread is: to get a better understanding of the value of a link when all else is equal, except: PageRank of the page and the number of links on the page. All else being equal. So, imagine in your mind you are looking at a page with the exact same theme, same distance from the front page (or both are the front page), same quality, same amount of content, same EVERYTHING - except, PR of the page and number of links. I am sure we will stray from that, but I figured it will be worth setting bounds Let me start with some information from two sites that attempt to put a "value" onto links - LinkVault and ReceiveLinks (I would love to hear of any others that have their formulas public!): LinkVault's Formula: Receive Link's Formula Okay, that is something to chew on for a little while. I am going to put together some calculations and continue the discussion a bit later.
Link cost on other's sites: 3 ^ (PR - 1) That sounds pretty profitable even if I am not sure of the real value of a text link in the conditions that you mentioned. Regards
I am sorry that I can't give you a real hands-on algorithm, I am most likely using tools such as www.webconfs.com/link-value.php and www.text-link-ads.com/link_calculator.php Regards
i will say http://www.webconfs.com/ tool is FARRR from accurate. says 12/month for a text link ad on my corporate site. 144/yr. righttttt. I can tell you a site with sub 20k alexa and PR of 7 with 15,000 unique backlinks, and 0 external links off the homepage, is worth a little more then that.
Let's make those links live so people can get to them easily: www.webconfs.com/link-value.php www.text-link-ads.com/link_calculator.php Thanks for pointing those out. I use the TLA calculator all the time, but it seems to be overly biased by Alexa ranking. However, I should be able to instrument the marginal value of PR across like sites. I am going to look at webconfs and see what it is like.
If you have time to research, maybe this google search will help you: http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&q=text%2Blink%2Bprice%2Bcalculation&btnG=C%C4%83utare+Google&meta= Best regards
Thanks - I have pretty much done all my research, gathered the data and now working on understanding what I have and getting feedback from others.
Phynder is doing a lot of research on this subject and this looks like one of the threads to follow as the posts keep coming in
It's all subjective. PR is not everything. If a site is highly trafficed, its link might be worth more than a site with higher PR that receives less traffic. It's almost about how well targeted the site is to your business.
Not to sound mean, but the purpose of this thread is to determine the value of PR irrespective of ALL OTHER FACTORS. I am painfully aware of the myriad of other factors that affect the value of a WEB PAGE, but those are not relevant for this discussion. If you re-read my first post, it may help. Do you see where we are trying to go with this thread now?
according to webconfs.com, the price of a link on my site is: apparently i'm scamming people who bought text links.
I had not seen that calculator before starting this thread, but playing around with it last night for a little while has convinced me it really isn't all that useful. I have been using the TLA calculator for a long time - it is interesting to play with. However - I have noticed (and please correct me if anyone sees it working differently!) that it prices PR0, PR1, PR2 and PR3 pages with the same price. Golly - that seems to be missing a large part of the PR spectrum and clumping them all into the same segment.
My PR 4 site value is 0$ too :-( Lol, I tried to see price for www.google.com = 4000$, I take it for this price right now I dont think there is a tool very accurate to check prices. And taking only PR into account is not enough. I may take the site with few outbound links when two sites hav the same pagerank. I will also have a look to the sites linking to the site, to see if it is an artificial PR(build one) or a natural one (natural links).