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When you buy high PR links?

by timpears
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Do you buy PR0 links? As I think most folks know, the PR is a very poor indicator of authority as it is updated so seldom. I was wondering what folks look at most when they want to buy high PR links.

I have a PR5 that I own, which has no better trust or certification flow numbers, or PA and DA than some PR1 and PR2 domains I own.

I was planning on using these domains to link to my own site, but it seems a waste to just link out to one or two sites. I was wondering about maybe offering to rent links, or even sell links on these sites, but not sure what to use to evaluate the price. If I decide to do it at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by timpears View Post

    Do you buy PR0 links? As I think most folks know, the PR is a very poor indicator of authority as it is updated so seldom. I was wondering what folks look at most when they want to buy high PR links.
    None of that makes any sense.

    Your saying PR is a poor indicator yet your looking to buy high PR links.
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  • Profile picture of the author inetguru_987
    I think what you mean to say is, "Do you buy websites that aren't high PR but pass a lot of juice?" or something to that effect.

    Absolutely, PR is not the best indicator of how much juice will pass. I look at Domain Authority, Citation Flow and Trust Flow. If you can get them all above 15 or 20 those are all good indicators. You also have to look at the anchor text, what the site was before and the quality of backlinks coming to it. You can get a good feel for a domain very quickly by just looking at the DA, CF and TF.

    Knowing all that most people still want the PR so that's why parts of the industry are geared towards selling High PR links even though when you do some further digging the domains don't have that much value.

    I would focus on getting domains that have better DA, CF and TF vs PR. If you can find both then even better.

    Also, it's not a waste to use these sites to link back to your site. Don't think that 1 link is a waste. Keep these sites for yourself only. The more you link out the less juice and if you are selling links you will most likely have some random links. Keep it all relevant to your niche. That's my advice anyways.
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  • Profile picture of the author tbtb123
    To really know the SEO value, check the backlinks!
    Stop being obsessed with PR/DA/TF etc...
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    • Profile picture of the author timpears
      Originally Posted by jericho23 View Post

      Google don't give weightage to paid links now so avoid it.
      That is so much crap, I can't believe you said it. Paid links have helped millions of sites gain a footing on first page of SERP. I know close to a thousand people focused on this, and most doing quite well publishing links from high rank or authority pages.
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  • Profile picture of the author GyuMan82
    You need to use all metrics. PR, DA/PA, Trust Flow/Citation Flow etc. all need to be considered.

    You also have to do an actual review of what sort of links are linking to the site, not just rely on generic numbers.

    All the people that say "PR is dead" have bought into Moz' Marketing.

    Though PR isn't updated often, it still comes directly from Google.

    Likewise Moz may be updated regularly, but most backlink counters only pick up anywhere from 40-60% of what's out there. So is that any more accurate?

    The analogy would be it's like trying to figure out how much a person weighs.

    Would you trust an extremely accurate weighing 6 months ago, or a weight measurement taken today on a scale that may be off +/- 20 lbs? That's really what it comes down to.

    When evaluating links, everything has to be taken into consideration before determining whether or not a domain will carry any juice.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      There really is no real thing, in theory, as a PR n/a or PR0.

      The starting point is 1, because it's a semi-log scale. The log of zero
      is 1.

      Any page that is indexed, now has some PR. Any link on any indexed
      page has value. Besides, PR is not a one time thing. It can grow.

      People need to realize that when PR first hit the scene, every indexed
      page was PR1, in theory. Immediately due to massive amount of links,
      pages shot up in PR. You don't need a higher PR link to go higher in PR.
      That's probably something most don't take into account.

      But the bottom line is this. You do get more juice out of higher PR links.
      So, where should one spend time on?

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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by GyuMan82 View Post

      All the people that say "PR is dead" have bought into Moz' Marketing.
      .

      A metric that does not update is a dead/dying metric though. Call it moz marketing, Majestic marketing or whatever. The last update was in December and it was based on data in August. Its now June of the following year. Can Google resurrect it? Yes but if you recall they said they only updated because of a technical reason that made it easier for their engineers.

      IF the summer passes without an update then it becomes harder to even tell the backlinks are strong without looking at the other metric on the links. Whole year without an update?

      Yep at that point - dead as doors.
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