Do internal links still boost your rankings?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by crazyhorse, Mar 22, 2005.

  1. #1
    Im wondering what others have to say about this? I dont have any links to certain keywords but i do rank pretty well on them , like two or three word phrases, one of them is #2 out of 18 million results. And this does not only count for Google but it counts for all as other SE's as well. I read some other info today on other websites about the +/ - and there seems to be a lot of different thoughts.
     
    crazyhorse, Mar 22, 2005 IP
  2. sadcox66

    sadcox66 Spirit Walker

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    #2
    Yes, From my understanding and experience internal pages pointing to another internal page will boost the PageRank (PR) of the page pointed to and this helps you to rank that page higher relative to the other pages
     
    sadcox66, Mar 22, 2005 IP
  3. Christopher

    Christopher Peon

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    #3
    Yes.

    Just for fun, I decided to make myself rank well for my name. Just used pages on my site and made a link to my 'about' page with my name as the anchor text. Now I am in the top ten for my name :) (moved up over 100 serp positions).
     
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  4. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    #4
    Each page is for all intents and purposes, and independent web site as far as the spiders go and therefore all links are counted.

    The algorithms get to work sorting out what's what but every link counts (Don't go daft though because it can work against you if it is overdone).
     
    mcfox, Mar 22, 2005 IP
  5. 2003m2003

    2003m2003 Well-Known Member

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    Probably that is why people use some keyword instead of 'home' or 'about us', But without confusing your visitors.
     
    2003m2003, Mar 23, 2005 IP
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    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    Yes, internal links help.

    I don't do this often, but what I do is something like this:
    <a href="mydomain.com">my main keyword</a> Home

    So it still looks like a home link, but performs a function that I like too. I think you have to make sure that your "keyword" link is the last one to that page on a particular page or it won't matter though.
     
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    Bazkaz Peon

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    So the key is in naming your links after your keywords and not just "Home"?

    Also the more internal links you have pointing to each page increases rankings? Does this work for every page, or just pages with our keywords?
     
    Bazkaz, Mar 25, 2005 IP
  8. mystic

    mystic Active Member

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    I'm wondering that 2
     
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  9. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    #9
    You can also use the keywords in an alt tag
     
    Blogmaster, Mar 26, 2005 IP
  10. alias420

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    I've found the technique of using keywords in your home, etc links to be quite useful and can usually be done without hindering usability.
     
    alias420, Mar 29, 2005 IP