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Link Juice from Blog Posts

by caista
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Hi

I have read somewhere (from someone selling back links!), that the link juice from a back link in a blog post comes from the page rank of the root domain rather than the page rank of the blog page.

Is this true?

Thanks in advance!

caista
#blog #juice #link #posts
  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    Wrong.
    The homepage gets most of the links, so most of the link juice. If it links to the page you get your link from, you get a bit more juice than if the homepage didn't link to that page.

    However, there's a huge difference between getting a link from a homepage with a PR of 4, for example, and from an inner page of a site whose homepage has a PR of 4, unless that page doesn't have a PR of 4 of its own.

    Yes, Google doesn't tell you the PR of pages anymore, but they still have PR.

    Originally Posted by caista View Post

    Hi

    I have read somewhere (from someone selling back links!), that the link juice from a back link in a blog post comes from the page rank of the root domain rather than the page rank of the blog page.

    Is this true?

    Thanks in advance!

    caista
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    • Profile picture of the author caista
      So if the home page has a PR of 5 but the blog post has a PR of 0, the back link has very little value?
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        That sounds like some shithead trying to rip people off. Well, unless they really are that clueless.

        Keep in mind that PR has not been publicly updated in almost 2 years now. A PR 0 page might actually be higher than that. Of course, the PR 5 home page might also be a PR 0 in reality.
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  • Profile picture of the author TotalWebsiteControl
    Originally Posted by caista View Post

    Hi

    I have read somewhere (from someone selling back links!), that the link juice from a back link in a blog post comes from the page rank of the root domain rather than the page rank of the blog page.

    Is this true?

    Thanks in advance!

    caista

    WRONG! link juice comes from the actual page rank. Not the root domain!
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Originally Posted by caista View Post

    I have read somewhere (from someone selling back links!), that the link juice from a back link in a blog post comes from the page rank of the root domain rather than the page rank of the blog page.
    That's just nasty. Usually these swindlers aren't outright lying to you unlike the one you're referring to.

    They're referring to their links as "PR X links" when they actually ought to say "links from a site with front page at PR X". But this is such a common shorthand that it's hard to see it as a lie even though it's not true.
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    Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
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  • Profile picture of the author Gaurav singh
    Very tricky question . If a blog connected through subdirectory, then you will get the link juice of root domain. For example you are getting a back-link from www.abc.com/blog. Then you will get the link juice of root domain as blog is connected in subdirectory.
    Second if a blog is connected as sub-domain, then you will get the link juice according to page rank of the blog page. For example you are getting a back-link from www.blog.abc.com then you will get the link juice according to page rank of the blog page as google will treat it as different website .
    hop it will help you
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    • Profile picture of the author caista
      Originally Posted by Gaurav singh View Post

      Very tricky question . If a blog connected through subdirectory, then you will get the link juice of root domain. For example you are getting a back-link from www.abc.com/blog. Then you will get the link juice of root domain as blog is connected in subdirectory.
      Hi Gaurav,

      Isn't this contradicting what everyone else is saying?

      They seem to be saying that "http://www.xyz.com/blog" has a different page address and therefore a different page rank and link juice than "http://www.xyz.com"

      Thanks!
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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by caista View Post

        Isn't this contradicting what everyone else is saying?
        Yes, and that user is just plain wrong. I'm not even completely sure what he/she is trying to say there.

        Every page has it's own pagerank. Typically the pages that are linked from main navi have PR that's a bit lower than the PR of the front page, but that would depend on the site structure and the direct backlinks that those pages have. It's not far fetched that a blog page could be stronger than a front page.
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        Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
        Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

        What's your excuse?
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      • Profile picture of the author Gaurav singh
        Originally Posted by caista View Post

        Hi Gaurav,

        Isn't this contradicting what everyone else is saying?

        They seem to be saying that "http://www.xyz.com/blog" has a different page address and therefore a different page rank and link juice than "http://www.xyz.com"

        Thanks!
        Hi,


        Actually I misunderstood the question . Reverting back to your query I would like to say that the back-link will receive the link juice from the blog post not from its root domain .
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