i launched a new website. no one links to me yet. i would like to increase my PR but i am not sure if this could work? if i ask 5 webmasters (bloggers) who's website PR is 4 to link to me, will that help? simple question - i need simple answer. yes or no and why?
Building backlinks is one of the bestway to get pagrerank. keep it mind this: Link to high PR websites (but as much as possible the same niche with you) It's okay to comment to other website to get backlinks. though some use a NOFOLLOW link. Have you heard of Angela Link? That person claims that If you will backlink yourself to HIGH PR website with a DOFOLLOW link. Google will think your site is relevant. Try to type Angela in google search and you will see her name stands out at no.2 spot.
i think you made a mistake... i think other high rank sites have to link to you and not you link to them?
That's the dilemma and still debatable. Here in DP, each post you made here are counted as a "backlink" try to search it in backlinkwatch.com If your signature or your profile is connected with your website. Do a search on that website I given and you and type your domain. You can see that DP (digipoint) gives a DOFOLLOW backlink with all your post. Now, did DP made a linking with you? (I left that for the crowd to answer) A crowd might say, it's a forum. But either way, It still gives you a Backlink. And it's juicy Now, for blogs or websites who doesn't Link back to you. Though you Link back to them. There are instances that you still made a backlink to them. Confused? check backlinkwatch.com, I recently see backlinks coming from mashable and other high PR blogs, whom I made a link though they didn't link back with me. Still they are counted as a "backlink" More confusing? You know even yahoo answers gives you backlinks? at level 2 it grants you a dofollow backlink when you link your homepage to your yahoo answer's "sources". Now did answers.yahoo made a link with you? Though the catch is sometimes, there are high PR sites who give a NOFOLLOW backlink. Meaning their PR juice is not flowed with you. In that case, you will rely on the Link you input there hoping someone will click it "for added traffic" hope this helps
If the pr4 sites give you a link wihtout the no-follow tag, and if the sites are truely pr4, then yes, these links would help you with PR. You would see the PR benifits on the next PR update. However, it's not very likely that the owner of a PR4 site will link to you just becuase you ask them too. Just about any site that has pr4 will require that you pay advertising fees in order to link to you.
No, 5 backlinks alone will not increase your PR even if they are from PR 4 or higher. For high PR you need quality content (that is a "must"); intern links inside your website will help, and backlinks from website with alike content will help with the time, not at once. My website (Recepti za torte) got PR 4 three weekes after beeing lounched with no backlinks yet. But there is content, and I put "intern" links around the site (take a look) Backlinks helps, but not that way as you think. My other website (Lagkage opskrifter) got PR 3 about 1 month efter beeing lounched, with no back links at that time Do not worry about PR, it will come if you work on your content Good luck
This is misinformation. It is not possible to gain PR on a site without getting any backlinks. Also, it is possible to gain PR with only a single backlinks. it's not the quantity of backlinks, it's the quality.
Sorry Yuha, but your site has 1000 backlinks - don't know why I'm apologizing! http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/advsearch?p=http://www.recepti-torte.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=s But THAT is why you have pagerank, not because of your content, even though your content may have attracted those links, your links ARE THE REASON for your PR4. Thank you.
"crowd says otherwise" I guess you need to try it for yourself, and disseminate which one is "really working" and "which one is not" You heard different opinions and I gave mine. Now it's time for you to pick and try it.
I am tending to agree with Yuha in that, For me, I think PR through backlinks is desirable because it is a little easier than creating solid content on a regular basis. However, you could always do both. I do believe that content is king, however.
It has now, but it went from PR-0 to PR-4 last year very soon after it lounched. At that time I had no backlinks and only 2 places where I submited my site at that time were Google and Yahoo. You can take my information as you wish, but again my first website did not get PR on back links. Backlinks alone can not give a high PR, they can keep it, but not give it.
I think you've been spending too much of your time in Christiana! Backlinks are the one and only thing that will give you pagerank. End of discussion. There is no way a site that has zero backlinks will have any pagerank above 1. Please do a little research before you spout off with wrong advise and misinformation!!! PS: Yuha, instead of posting back to back please just edit your last thread, by posting back to back you are violating the DP rules and could suffer an infraction/ban. Follow instructions, adhere to the rules and please only talk about stuff you know to be factual.
SCLocal, I did edit, thanks for warning. You should not shout my "mouth" just because you do not agree with me, but you are very welcome NOT to agree with me. My post is not misinformation and there is nothing I should research as I know what happened to my website, you do not know that. That your wrote that backlinks are the one and only thing that will give you pagerank - that is not correct. Your comment about Christiania shows me how "friendly" you are. Do not loose your temper because of my websites PR - life is too short for that
We're all happy for you that you achieved good pagerank. But the fact of the matter is that you achieved it due to backlinks that you received. Whether you knew about them or not, you did receive backlinks which gave you the PR. Content alone cannot give you PR. You are misinformed.
Good unique, quality content and link building go hand in hand. One cannot replace the other. You must have both to have a successful website.
Ah, glad you took the Christiania comment so nicely, I was there over the summer visiting cousins, it's good to see it's still around and happening. But back to the subject of PR and Backlinks, if you have no backlinks your site won't have more than a pagerank of 1. I know this from experience and research. You can have all the quality content you want, but if you don't have inbound links to your site, well, your site is not going to do well in the SERPS, nor is your site going to have pagerank. Your misinformation comes from your statements that your site obtained PageRank without the use of In-Bound links, which is clearly false since your site has many inbound links, and that just proves my point more. A site with no in-bound links will only get a little rank, if any, and those sites won't appear in the SERPS, especially for competitive phrases. It's really basic and fundamental.
Yes it will. Keep in mind, PR is assigned to PAGES, not SITES. So, if you get a link on a blogpost on a blog that has PR5 ... unless that post is on the front page, it's going to be PR N/A or PR0 and it won't pass much PR to you. Always check the PR of the individual page that you are getting a link from. That is the key.
YEs, that will help, however, if those Blogs are about your niche, that is more plus point for you to increase your PR. However, just 5 PR4+ links will not be enough. You have to get more backlinks to your site to get more PR. There are many ways to get more backlinks. You can check DP for more info on that.
That is it. Both good unique quality content and link buliding for a successful site. And once again, as I said in my first post: link exchange alone can not really help your site. Of course, webmasters who are selling links will say the opposite. About link building: a website with PR2 and topic similar to yours wil gain your website more than backlink from a website with PR5 and another topic than yours. If your website is about dogs and you exchange links with a PR 2 website about dogs, it will gain your website more, much more than a backlink from my PR4 website which is about layer cakes. And of course, you have to have content about dogs on your website (and I mean content, not just a couple of sentences and a rest is adsenese and other links or images!) Finally, DigiStar, I will give you backlinks from both my websites if you want, the one is PR4 and the other is PR3; but, belive me, that will not increase your PR - anyway, I will do it if you think that that will increase your PR, and you do not need to link back to me. That is just not good enough; one has to work much more with a website than just buy or exchange links. I do not know which website you are talking about, so give me a note about it. Google has its own rules. The one who is able to survey these rules, can earn a lot of money on it. That will not happen so soon. Dear DigiStar, I do not want to take part in this discussion any more, as I do not want to discuss with people who imagine that they know better about my private things than I know (what happened to my website); anyway, you are very welcome to consider my proposal. Cheers
Yes, it will helps you to get PR if they give you dofollow link. Reason: dofollow backlink is giving you PR juice which is the factor for you to get PR