Backlinks Taking Effect on SERPS

artlan · 12-01-2009, 10:25 PM

Fellow IMers,

I've been noticing an interesting trend concerning backlinks and their subsequent effect on SERPs positioning. I wanted to see if anyone else observed that the higher the PageRank of the backlinking page, the longer it takes for the SERPs to take effect; as if the backlinks need to accumulate some history before they weigh in positively.

On one of my established sites (a PR3), I managed to get two PR4 backlinks (clean, topical, low amout of outbound links). The backlinking page was cached over a week and a half ago, yet my SERPs went down by 3-5 spots. The same experiment was repeated on a new site and produced the exact same effect, no gain on my SERPs as if I never added these high quality backlinks.

Provided that you observe a similar trend, from the time the backlining page is cached, what is the general time-line for the backlinks to take effect?

Can anyone confidently say that the effect on SERPs is immediate from the time the backlinking page is cached?

Feel free to share your experiences, whether you agree or disagree with me.

dvduval · 12-02-2009, 11:38 AM

I do believe there is some truth to this. Often high pagerank sites have content that is changing often, so getting a link on the front page of such a site may only really count if it stays there for a period of time, though you'll surely get credit too if it goes to an inner page an stays there.

12-01-2009, 10:25 PM	#1
artlan Active Warrior Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 66 Thanks: 4 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Backlinks Taking Effect on SERPS Fellow IMers, I've been noticing an interesting trend concerning backlinks and their subsequent effect on SERPs positioning. I wanted to see if anyone else observed that the higher the PageRank of the backlinking page, the longer it takes for the SERPs to take effect; as if the backlinks need to accumulate some history before they weigh in positively. On one of my established sites (a PR3), I managed to get two PR4 backlinks (clean, topical, low amout of outbound links). The backlinking page was cached over a week and a half ago, yet my SERPs went down by 3-5 spots. The same experiment was repeated on a new site and produced the exact same effect, no gain on my SERPs as if I never added these high quality backlinks. Provided that you observe a similar trend, from the time the backlining page is cached, what is the general time-line for the backlinks to take effect? Can anyone confidently say that the effect on SERPs is immediate from the time the backlinking page is cached? Feel free to share your experiences, whether you agree or disagree with me.

12-02-2009, 11:38 AM	#2
dvduval phpLD master War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 2,962 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 44 Thanked 307 Times in 259 Posts Social Networking	Re: Backlinks Taking Effect on SERPS I do believe there is some truth to this. Often high pagerank sites have content that is changing often, so getting a link on the front page of such a site may only really count if it stays there for a period of time, though you'll surely get credit too if it goes to an inner page an stays there.
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