Link Velocity with High PR vs. Low PR Links

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We all know that link velocity plays a role in SEO. If one day you decide to spam your website with 10,000 links, it may create problems. However, most of these examples are with low quality links.

I was considering link velocity with high PR links. For example, no one would say that ten PR 0-2 contextual backlinks per day is a problem. That's about as natural as it gets. But, what if you start getting into higher PR backlinks? If I'm getting ten PR 4-5 backlinks per day to a relatively new site, could that cause issues? In other words, when it comes to link velocity, is it just the number of links which count or does PageRank play a role, too? Can your links be too high quality?

Personally, I've been of the view PR does play a certain role in link velocity, but it's not the determining factor. I guess I stand somewhere in the middle, but the main reason I'm posting this is to hear what other people have to say about this. Feel free to discuss.
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  • No it doesn't.

    Have no idea what you wrote after that. I stopped reading.
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    • You have to be kidding. Maybe you and I have a different definition of link velocity (funny, because I've read posts by you on the past on this subject and agreed with you), but if you think link velocity plays zero, I mean zero role in SEO, I don't know what to say. The whole idea that "you're gonna get sandboxed" or "zomg 50 links one day 20 links the other day oh no Google penalty here I come" is utter BS. However, to say that you can send a lot of links and then just shut off for awhile and keep your rank is ludicrous.

      Let me ask you a question.

      You have a brand new website. You're given two choices.

      Option 1:

      First week: 1000 backlinks/day
      Second week: No backlinks
      Third week: 100 backlinks/day
      Fourth week: No backlinks

      Option 2:

      First week: 100 backlinks per day
      Second week: 200 backlinks per day
      Third week: 300 backlinks per day
      Fourth week: 500 backlinks per day

      Which would you choose? Those links totals may be inflated for some, but I'm sure it's obvious that's not the point of the discussion.

      Edited to add: Saying link velocity doesn't matter is like saying "food velocity" doesn't matter. After all, you can eat absolutely zero food for 10 years, then eat 20,000 calories per day and be extremely healthy, as long as you eat enough in the end to make up for the lost calories. Of course, all this time, your weight wouldn't change- the only thing that matters is the number of total calories (links) consumed before an unnamed date in the distant future. The world works like that, doesn't it?
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    Link Velocity with High PR vs. Low PR Links

    We all know that link velocity plays a role in SEO. If one day you decide to spam your website with 10,000 links, it may create problems. However, most of these examples are with low quality links. I was considering link velocity with high PR links. For example, no one would say that ten PR 0-2 contextual backlinks per day is a problem. That's about as natural as it gets. But, what if you start getting into higher PR backlinks? If I'm getting ten PR 4-5 backlinks per day to a relatively new site, could that cause issues? In other words, when it comes to link velocity, is it just the number of links which count or does PageRank play a role, too? Can your links be too high quality?