Which one is more important?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by jingwen, Jun 21, 2009.

  1. #1
    As a seoer we know that the links have internal link and external link,but which one is more important?
    I think it is internal,you know it is easy to control and if your internal link are good,the pr will be transfer to other pages.The external link need time to build,and we do not assure all of our internal link could promotion our website.

    And you?
     
    jingwen, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  2. Michaelr

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    #2
    You can control the internal link and pass on pr to the home page but you can get high pr external links that pass on more pr juice. You need to work on both to be sucessful!
     
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  3. mrandrei

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    #3
    Both links are essential and can affect PR and ranking. There's no point is saying that one is more important than the other.
     
    mrandrei, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  4. seo4rank

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    #4
    Both kind of links are important , internal links help google crawler to index your pages and external links related to your website can also help
     
    seo4rank, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  5. AutoTerminal

    AutoTerminal Active Member

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    External links is more important. I have seen a site with many content and internal link but less traffics. Google will give you visitors mostly based on number of domains and its PR.
     
    AutoTerminal, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  6. mirisaamali

    mirisaamali Well-Known Member

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    #6
    yeah, external links are actually what makes your website rock on internet.
     
    mirisaamali, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  7. magda

    magda Notable Member

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    #7
    If you're wikipedia you never need to get another external link and your pages can continue to get high PR from internal linking. If you're anybody else, you need to get external links in order to have high enough PR to have anything to pass to your internal pages.
     
    magda, Jun 21, 2009 IP
  8. jazdmarkets2

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    #8
    External links are more important than internal links. all the activities that google make on our site are totally and mostly depends upon the external links.
    So, we have to focus more on external links.

    Anoop Kumar
    http://www.jazdhealthcare.com/healthtech/ :)
     
    jazdmarkets2, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  9. theseomonk

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    #9
    Both are important external links are more important for getting PR as well help for good SERP!!!
     
    theseomonk, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  10. smithroy9

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    Both links are important for PR, according to google page rank algorithm the internal and external links both are very important. External links are valuable when that page has a some PR.
     
    smithroy9, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  11. bobchrist

    bobchrist Active Member

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    You should organize the internal linking structure well since you've more control on it.
     
    bobchrist, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  12. wildogre

    wildogre Well-Known Member

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    yup thats true internal links are easy to manage but the external links with more PR and high traffic ranks are really useful.
     
    wildogre, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  13. nidhivishwas

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    #13
    Both links are importants. But in latest trend internet linking is also important to get position in all SEARCH ENGINES
     
    nidhivishwas, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  14. Frost813

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    #14
    Your internal links are important for two reasons.
    1. Spiders don't like to back out of pages, if you have a good navigation structure with all pages internally linked, then it can make it easier for the bots to crawl your site. (site maps are still a better way to go for indexing purposes)

    2. It may help your site visitors navigate your page too. Although they may not utilize them as much as a search bot might.

    Incoming links from outside sources, those are good at helping to establish your rankings in the search results. Google still relies heavily on incoming links to your site, in helping to determine its relevance. Although no one can say for how much longer this may be the case.
     
    Frost813, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  15. Canonical

    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    IMO Both are equally as important for passing PR. There should be no difference. The same PR formula based on the PR of the page linking to your URL and the number of outbound links on that page should apply to both external and internal links the same.

    External links are likely more important for ranking purposes IMO. I'm guessing they track external links, the link text for external links, the relevancy of the external pages linking to your URL separately from those same attributes for internal links to your URL. They likely apply more weight to those attributes/ranking factors related to the external links than those same attributes/ranking factors for internal links for ranking purposes because other sites' links to your URL are seen as unbiased 'votes' for your URL. Internal links would be seen as 'biased' so they would carry less weight.

    Unfortunately no one knows 100% for sure.
     
    Canonical, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  16. catanich

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    I agree, internal is more important but you must do the inbound link correctly. Also all internal-outbound links should have the rel="nofollow" attribute set.
     
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  17. ice_cube

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    How about "dofollow" links ? Google will not count it as a external links ??
     
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  18. jonathanfigaro

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    #18
    I agree that external links are more important based on the fact that they are essential to your online business.
     
    jonathanfigaro, Jun 22, 2009 IP
  19. ravont

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    #19
    both links have their own value.but relevant external links are more important to get better SERP and PR.
     
    ravont, Jun 22, 2009 IP