Just so everyone knows, which I am sure most of you do...only the page-rank of the page your link is on is what matters and it must be do-follow. You could have a back-link from Google (PR-10), but if it is on a Google sub-page with PR 0, then your link is worth PR 0. As you can see, the page-rank of the links in our signatures on this page are 0 because the PR of this page is 0. Did you miss this thread? 5 Common Link Building Mistakes
Quote: Ignoring websites with a low PR—Too many link builders get too caught up with trying to get links only from websites with a high Page Rank. This is a bad idea for many reasons. See, PR isn’t everything. Just because a site has a low PR doesn’t mean it’s a bad website. Remember, a website that has a 0 PR today could have a 5 PR a year from now. 5 Common Link Building Mistakes
Also, the value of the link should be based on the value it adds to the readers of the page, not whether it is nofollow or not. If you find a great place to request you link be added and they use the nofollow attribute you should still ask because you still gain the targetted traffic from that site plus, who knows, a reader may see your link and repost it somewhere else that does not use nofollow.
BTW, there's no such thing as a Dofollow attribute. It's either nofollow (which is only supported by the bigger bots) or leaving it out. Oh and speaking of bots supporting nofollow or not, ignoring a site just because it has used the nofollow attribute is cutting off all those little niche bots or other bots that could pickup your link.
You should also see how those bots that do support nofollow handle it: Interpretation by the individual search engines I don't think the original poster has it right.
Google appears to look at both the root domain and the individual page. If Root Domain is PR 7 and sub-page is PR 1... Google will know that a PR 1 page is coming from a PR 7 page, thus has more credibility. It's a combo of many factors. You can't just avoid all low PR pages! I do avoid more low-PR root domains when link building, but if it is a PR 6 root domain with PR 0 page -- chances are the page has yet to experience a PR update and will be boosted several spots within a short amount of time. I would recommend two things that I always said when it comes to link building
1. Quality does matter over quantity as always.
2. Ignore PR and focus on domain authority instead. There are plenty way to see it. ie. domain sitelinks. Quote: Originally Posted by HTMLBasicTutor Did you miss this thread? 5 Common Link Building Mistakes
5 Common Link Building Mistakes
Also, the value of the link should be based on the value it adds to the readers of the page, not whether it is nofollow or not. If you find a great place to request you link be added and they use the nofollow attribute you should still ask because you still gain the targetted traffic from that site plus, who knows, a reader may see your link and repost it somewhere else that does not use nofollow.
BTW, there's no such thing as a Dofollow attribute. It's either nofollow (which is only supported by the bigger bots) or leaving it out. Oh and speaking of bots supporting nofollow or not, ignoring a site just because it has used the nofollow attribute is cutting off all those little niche bots or other bots that could pickup your link.
You should also see how those bots that do support nofollow handle it: Interpretation by the individual search engines Yes I did miss that......sorry...
Also, yes, I am aware that do-follow is not an attribute.
Quote: Originally Posted by breadnbutter I don't think the original poster has it right.
Google appears to look at both the root domain and the individual page. If Root Domain is PR 7 and sub-page is PR 1... Google will know that a PR 1 page is coming from a PR 7 page, thus has more credibility. It's a combo of many factors. You can't just avoid all low PR pages! I do avoid more low-PR root domains when link building, but if it is a PR 6 root domain with PR 0 page -- chances are the page has yet to experience a PR update and will be boosted several spots within a short amount of time. I may have been wrong. I am just going of of my own experience watching pages and rank jump around. I have ranked pages much better with low PR relevant links than high PR non-relevant ones.
Quote: Ignoring websites with a low PR—Too many link builders get too caught up with trying to get links only from websites with a high Page Rank. This is a bad idea for many reasons. See, PR isn’t everything. Just because a site has a low PR doesn’t mean it’s a bad website. Remember, a website that has a 0 PR today could have a 5 PR a year from now. 5 Common Link Building Mistakes
Also, the value of the link should be based on the value it adds to the readers of the page, not whether it is nofollow or not. If you find a great place to request you link be added and they use the nofollow attribute you should still ask because you still gain the targetted traffic from that site plus, who knows, a reader may see your link and repost it somewhere else that does not use nofollow.
BTW, there's no such thing as a Dofollow attribute. It's either nofollow (which is only supported by the bigger bots) or leaving it out. Oh and speaking of bots supporting nofollow or not, ignoring a site just because it has used the nofollow attribute is cutting off all those little niche bots or other bots that could pickup your link.
You should also see how those bots that do support nofollow handle it: Interpretation by the individual search engines I don't think the original poster has it right.
Google appears to look at both the root domain and the individual page. If Root Domain is PR 7 and sub-page is PR 1... Google will know that a PR 1 page is coming from a PR 7 page, thus has more credibility. It's a combo of many factors. You can't just avoid all low PR pages! I do avoid more low-PR root domains when link building, but if it is a PR 6 root domain with PR 0 page -- chances are the page has yet to experience a PR update and will be boosted several spots within a short amount of time. I would recommend two things that I always said when it comes to link building
1. Quality does matter over quantity as always.
2. Ignore PR and focus on domain authority instead. There are plenty way to see it. ie. domain sitelinks. Quote: Originally Posted by HTMLBasicTutor Did you miss this thread? 5 Common Link Building Mistakes
5 Common Link Building Mistakes
Also, the value of the link should be based on the value it adds to the readers of the page, not whether it is nofollow or not. If you find a great place to request you link be added and they use the nofollow attribute you should still ask because you still gain the targetted traffic from that site plus, who knows, a reader may see your link and repost it somewhere else that does not use nofollow.
BTW, there's no such thing as a Dofollow attribute. It's either nofollow (which is only supported by the bigger bots) or leaving it out. Oh and speaking of bots supporting nofollow or not, ignoring a site just because it has used the nofollow attribute is cutting off all those little niche bots or other bots that could pickup your link.
You should also see how those bots that do support nofollow handle it: Interpretation by the individual search engines Yes I did miss that......sorry...
Also, yes, I am aware that do-follow is not an attribute.
Quote: Originally Posted by breadnbutter I don't think the original poster has it right.
Google appears to look at both the root domain and the individual page. If Root Domain is PR 7 and sub-page is PR 1... Google will know that a PR 1 page is coming from a PR 7 page, thus has more credibility. It's a combo of many factors. You can't just avoid all low PR pages! I do avoid more low-PR root domains when link building, but if it is a PR 6 root domain with PR 0 page -- chances are the page has yet to experience a PR update and will be boosted several spots within a short amount of time. I may have been wrong. I am just going of of my own experience watching pages and rank jump around. I have ranked pages much better with low PR relevant links than high PR non-relevant ones.