Do the highest ranking pages also pass the most link juice?

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    After Google smacked all the content farms, it got me thinking. Do the highest ranking pages also pass the most link juice for those exact terms?

    So, for instance, if an article directory ranks number one for a phrase, and you have articles in that directory, are you getting more link juice than if you have links from a different site below it?

    Does position = link juice?

    Personally I am between two places with the theory on this, so if anyone has any compelling arguments, I am interested.
     
    createdevelop, Mar 9, 2011 IP
  2. bogs

    bogs Active Member

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    not necessarily.. just like what google said, "Your site's ranking in Google search results is "partly" based on analysis of those sites that link to you." there other factors to consider..
     
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    I'm pretty positive that a link from the site that ranks well for a term will be more powerful for that keyword, simply because that indicates that the page is closely related to the keyword.
     
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    This stuff is all theoretical. To be honest, it probably goes hand in hand with the fact that relevant sites are worth more than non-relevant ones. A site ranking top for a key phrase is probably about as relevant as it could get, so it's going to pass more to you.
     
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  5. createdevelop

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    So for all you guys that say "YES it goes hand in hand, link juice = rank" consider this.

    There are a few things that Google measures that count against the ranking of a site, eg as above the content farms. There is also things like linking to bad areas, keyword stuffing etc.

    By the old measurements, Google used to say, links in = link strength out. Now, there are lots of things that count against a site. A page might have lots of good authoritative strong links in, but be punished for being a content farm. Does that mean that the links out are discounted too?
     
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    By your argument if high page ranks doesn't pass link juice then pages with high ranks only ranks there will be no question of new website coming to the top unless it gets the link juice from other top rank sites unless the site keeps a no follow tag. So to conclude, yes high or low all websites do pass page rank. There may be other factors which google considers but passage of link juice happens all the time
     
    krishnaegurus, Mar 10, 2011 IP