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Quality Backlinks = PR >4 or >5?

by smkoking
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What page rank is considered a "quality backlink"? Is it >4, >5, does it even matter?

PS - I'm new to the SEO world, so be easy on me!
#&gt4 #&gt5 #>4 #>5 #backlinks #quality
  • Profile picture of the author smkoking
    Can anyone help me out here?
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    • Profile picture of the author dburk
      Hi smkoking,

      What one considers a "quality backlink" tends to be highly subjective. Technically, we could consider any backlink that uses relevant anchor text, and passes PageRank, a quality backlink. Some will set standards for PR and/or targeted traffic, both of which increase the value of the link.

      Another qualitative measurement might be in the Trust which is based on time in the index as well as TrustRank which seems to be passed in a way similar to PR. However, Trust is not as easy to decipher since you cannot always see when trust has been devalued by the search engines. It seems to be a qualitative factor that is proprietary and carefully guarded by the search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author desiindianserial
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    • Profile picture of the author smkoking
      Dburk,

      Thank you for the reply.

      Desii,

      I know 5 is better, but would PR 4 still be considered "quality" or should you try to aim for PR 5+?
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  • Profile picture of the author smkoking
    Anyone?

    As long as there's relevance and it's a PR4, is this okay? Should you try to have all backlinks PR5 or greater in terms of quality?
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  • Profile picture of the author smkoking
    Any insight would be greatly appreciated...
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  • Profile picture of the author siebert
    quality backlinks tends to not only pr its also tends to content quality and website popularity
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  • Profile picture of the author HostingBee
    of course 5 is much more better
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  • Profile picture of the author nate45
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  • Profile picture of the author nate45
    that should be able to help you with the links.
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    • Profile picture of the author websilog
      5 is better especially if it's relevant to your site or if it's one of the authority sites or one that drives lots of traffic.
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