The Truth About Backlink Value?

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  • Can anyone shed some light on this?
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      Sure, domains don't have PR.
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  • How can we evaluate a websites authority with Google though?
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    • Your reply to Yukon was snarky - but he's right.

      You've been given a lot of good advice (and some bad advice) about your website and until you address that and identify a smaller target audience there is little you can do to "position" your site.

      Everything you do to get backlinks or traffic is based on getting people to visit your blog. There's no point to it if they leave immediately after seeing what you have on your site.

      Don't fall into the trap of listening only to people who tell you what you want to hear. Do enough research on this forum to identify who walks the walk and who is only talking about walking.

      One thing I notice on your blog is this: Your writing is good but there are too many words packed into your sentences. Tighten up the writing to give it more "punch" no matter what niche you decide to focus on.

      kay
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  • To get the value of a link i do the following:

    I check the pr, i check open site explorer pa/da, i check majestic, i check ahrefs... I gather up all the metrics and decide whether its a good or bad link.

    I also go through my competitors links (You know, the people ranking #1 in Google... i then copy their links)... this means buying, building, whatever... if it gets them to #1, just do the same and a bit more and you will beat them in the long run.

    As for actual backlink values... it should be based on the # of backlinks on a page, for example a pr3 with 5 links out on page, is worth more than a pr3 with 150 links on page, all other things being equal.

    Basically, what i am getting at is, you are trying to make SEO to hard. Its important to understand these things, but you dont need to obsess about them, your focus is much better on doing things that work. Like building links, buying links, buying pr domains to use as links, writing/outsourcing content...

    Its the action that makes money, the obsessing over little details does not.

    FWIW, my big money sites have all kinds of links. Thousands of pr0, dozens of pr5. Its a balance. The key is balance
  • Profile links are about the most useless link you can find. It doesn't matter what the PR of the homepage is. PR does not just magically flow throughout every page on the site. PR flows through links. How many links does it take to get from the homepage to your profile? Is there even a direct path? If there is a direct path, it probably takes so many jumps that there is little to no PR left to go to that page anyhow. Can you see the profile without being logged in? If you have to be logged in, that means Google will never see it anyhow.

    As for determining the value of a link, a few things to look at...

    What is the PR of the page where the link will actually appear?

    Will the link be close to the top of the page or stuffed in a footer? Closer to the top is better.
    Is the link in context? an image? a sidebar? footer? In context links in the actual content of the page are the best.

    How many other links appear on the page? The PR will be split up between all the links on the page.
    So all other things being equal, a link on a PR 3 page with 10 other links is going to be more valuable than a link on an identical page with 25 other links.

    Those are just some of the things to look at.
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    • Hey Mike,

      Thanks for your insights. How much would you value/pay for a domain that has a footer link (including homepage) on several pages from a PR8 edu domain. This is the only relevant backlink the domain has.

      URL subD root
      Citation Flow 50 47 45
      Trust Flow 60 54 52
      External Backlinks 912 56,509 70,014
      Referring Domains 180 1,830 2,468


      PA/DA 63, mozrank 5

      Am new to backlink valuation and the difference between citation flow and PR is weird. Also, I do not understand how the root domain has the lowest Trust and citation flows. Based on the stats I would assume the EDU is more likely to be a PR5-6.

      Would be very grateful for some input from you.
  • What I do is I build natural links, so I use almost all the methods of link building and it helps, I even use nofollow too..
  • Apart from quality, another important thing is to diversify your backlinks.

    It's alright if they are all hidden in some pr0 webpage profile link. They DO COUNT. Even if it's just a tiny bit of link juice each, they do add up as long as they are not too spammy.
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    • That is complete nonsense. The only link diversity you need is to try to have links coming from a multitude of sources, but not a variety of types of links.

      Profile links are complete trash.
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    The Truth About Backlink Value?

    As a newbie coming into off-site SEO and the world of backlinking it's very hard to grasp the real value of a backlink. It's common to find people offering High PR backlink packages or services which turn out to be misleading. They are links from a high PR homepage, often buried in profile links or signature links that have essentially no PR.