Link from the index or inner link?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by chem, Jan 9, 2007.

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    My question is: Do search engines value a link from the index over another page from the domain?

    Say the whole site is about apples and all the other pages on the site are about apples in some way(red apples, green apples, yellow apples, sweet apples, ect...).

    Reason I ask is most people charge a much greater percentage for index links than the other pages on the site.

    Thanks,
    Aaron
     
    chem, Jan 9, 2007 IP
  2. Richie_Ni

    Richie_Ni Illustrious Member

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    Usually the index page has a higher PR then inners',that's why the price is a bit more expensive.
     
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  3. eukhost

    eukhost Banned

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    Apart from the index page's PageRank, another factor which influences the index page preference is link visibility. Also the traffic you may get on your website from the index page would probably be more than what you may get from an internal page.
     
    eukhost, Jan 9, 2007 IP
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    IMHO...it depends.

    What is the link for, PR or traffic?

    If PR I would scour the site and find the highest ranked page with the fewest outbound links.

    If traffic then the index (or sub topic indepages for a large block of content).

    Take care,

    Brian
     
    Reflect, Jan 9, 2007 IP
  5. chem

    chem Active Member

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    Staying with the example of apples. Let's say you own an apple recipe site. So a link from the index or any of the pages is relative.

    Here is my thinking, a search engine would see it's getting a link from the domain that is a legit and relative site. Not, okay this inner page has a lower PR your link isn't worth much. Know what I mean?
     
    chem, Jan 10, 2007 IP
  6. Mihai

    Mihai Active Member

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    This all depends to the PR of page in question and relevancy in comparison with your website, regardless if it is inner page or home page.

    Regards
     
    Mihai, Jan 10, 2007 IP
  7. Mr_Kumar

    Mr_Kumar Notable Member

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    Yeah, that is correct. Generally index page has more value because index page have more backlinks then inner ones. Almost every inner pages have link to home page and number of external links are also more in general.
     
    Mr_Kumar, Jan 10, 2007 IP
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    For SE's though, internal links - that are more on topic - are more likely to create trust for the page linked to. So PR is not everything.
     
    kh7, Jan 11, 2007 IP