Hi there,
I'm curious what people's experience has been with domain strength passing via the URL, but not through internal links. For example, a client has a link from a 'disconnected' page that sits on a page of an employee at an elite (top 100 site), at for example, bbc.com/people/smith/vacation1098. You can not reach this page from bbc.com through links, and would need to know the exact URL to reach it.
Obviously it would be best if there was a clear click path from the home page of the root domain through each level of navigation to reach this page. But what if there is a break in the path? Does domain authority still pass reasonably well to the disconnected page?
Thanks in advance for your reply! I dont think such link will give you much value.
But I think rather than getting link from an unknown domain getting link from a unknown page of high PR domain will give you more benefits regarding SEO. I do not think that this is such a big deal, that it does not have any internal page linking to it. If external pages link to it, google will still think it is important. I also think this is not a issue. Quote: Originally Posted by amitmax I also think this is not a issue. Please explain why you think this is not an issue. Quote: Originally Posted by hof Hi there,
I'm curious what people's experience has been with domain strength passing via the URL, but not through internal links. For example, a client has a link from a 'disconnected' page that sits on a page of an employee at an elite (top 100 site), at for example, bbc.com/people/smith/vacation1098. You can not reach this page from bbc.com through links, and would need to know the exact URL to reach it.
Obviously it would be best if there was a clear click path from the home page of the root domain through each level of navigation to reach this page. But what if there is a break in the path? Does domain authority still pass reasonably well to the disconnected page?
Thanks in advance for your reply! Hey hof, interesting question, to which the answer is pretty simple (by simple I mean not very simple...go with me on this, i'm high on caffeine right now).
Orphaned pages, that you can't access through internal links on a site are generally disliked by 'Google'. The authority and strength would not pass through the domain.
That was simple enough, here's where I unsimplify the answer (because I can). If said orphaned page was to have a nice backlink arsenal, and is indexed, then the 'domain' weight, and authority would apply. Not in its truest form of course. The page is still bbc.com/people/smith/vacation1098 ...
Now having answered that, let me open your eyes to another scenario Google is/has been aware of for some time, hackers/bh SEOs taking advantage of orphaned pages.
Some, would find a vulnerable site/directory only to use some sort of XSS or some form of injection to build their own orphaned page, on which they slap on spammy content, backlinks, etc etc etc. Now this happens a LOT, because these hackers/bh's know, by getting the page indexed, and building some backlinks to it will yield pretty decent results. For big sites, the webmasters would rarely even notice unless they were extremely vigilant. The links on this page would gain some nice authority and the page itself may rank, until Google dubs it as spam (if ever).
I know these orphaned pages can be valuable for a fact as my company runs/maintains several high profile .edu/.gov sites. The sites are constntly bombarded by XSS exploits and SQL injections used by spammers/hackers/bh SEOs trying to rank for 'loan' & '******' related keywords and the likes.
So, no weight if the page isnt indexed and doesn't have backlinks to it, gets 60%-80% of the juice if it is indexed and has backlinks. This is a rough estimate off the top of y head, more to just give you an idea of the sort weights applied. Hope this helps...
I'm curious what people's experience has been with domain strength passing via the URL, but not through internal links. For example, a client has a link from a 'disconnected' page that sits on a page of an employee at an elite (top 100 site), at for example, bbc.com/people/smith/vacation1098. You can not reach this page from bbc.com through links, and would need to know the exact URL to reach it.
Obviously it would be best if there was a clear click path from the home page of the root domain through each level of navigation to reach this page. But what if there is a break in the path? Does domain authority still pass reasonably well to the disconnected page?
Thanks in advance for your reply! I dont think such link will give you much value.
But I think rather than getting link from an unknown domain getting link from a unknown page of high PR domain will give you more benefits regarding SEO. I do not think that this is such a big deal, that it does not have any internal page linking to it. If external pages link to it, google will still think it is important. I also think this is not a issue. Quote: Originally Posted by amitmax I also think this is not a issue. Please explain why you think this is not an issue. Quote: Originally Posted by hof Hi there,
I'm curious what people's experience has been with domain strength passing via the URL, but not through internal links. For example, a client has a link from a 'disconnected' page that sits on a page of an employee at an elite (top 100 site), at for example, bbc.com/people/smith/vacation1098. You can not reach this page from bbc.com through links, and would need to know the exact URL to reach it.
Obviously it would be best if there was a clear click path from the home page of the root domain through each level of navigation to reach this page. But what if there is a break in the path? Does domain authority still pass reasonably well to the disconnected page?
Thanks in advance for your reply! Hey hof, interesting question, to which the answer is pretty simple (by simple I mean not very simple...go with me on this, i'm high on caffeine right now).
Orphaned pages, that you can't access through internal links on a site are generally disliked by 'Google'. The authority and strength would not pass through the domain.
That was simple enough, here's where I unsimplify the answer (because I can). If said orphaned page was to have a nice backlink arsenal, and is indexed, then the 'domain' weight, and authority would apply. Not in its truest form of course. The page is still bbc.com/people/smith/vacation1098 ...
Now having answered that, let me open your eyes to another scenario Google is/has been aware of for some time, hackers/bh SEOs taking advantage of orphaned pages.
Some, would find a vulnerable site/directory only to use some sort of XSS or some form of injection to build their own orphaned page, on which they slap on spammy content, backlinks, etc etc etc. Now this happens a LOT, because these hackers/bh's know, by getting the page indexed, and building some backlinks to it will yield pretty decent results. For big sites, the webmasters would rarely even notice unless they were extremely vigilant. The links on this page would gain some nice authority and the page itself may rank, until Google dubs it as spam (if ever).
I know these orphaned pages can be valuable for a fact as my company runs/maintains several high profile .edu/.gov sites. The sites are constntly bombarded by XSS exploits and SQL injections used by spammers/hackers/bh SEOs trying to rank for 'loan' & '******' related keywords and the likes.
So, no weight if the page isnt indexed and doesn't have backlinks to it, gets 60%-80% of the juice if it is indexed and has backlinks. This is a rough estimate off the top of y head, more to just give you an idea of the sort weights applied. Hope this helps...