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newbie1976 · 05-12-2007, 09:02

Hi. I have a site that ranks top of Google for a certain key phrase.

I want to link to a few of the sites just below me on Google, as they will prove useful for users. I imagine these sites would be willing to exchange links if I contacted them. However, I'm worried that in PR terms they will gain from this more than I do, and may overtake me in the rankings.

I was thinking the best way to deal with this would be to add rel="nofollow" to their links (and to forget about a link exchange).

Any thoughts on this matter would be very gratefully received.

djeglin · 05-12-2007, 09:09

To my understanding, unless your actual pagerank is significantly higher than theirs, a link exchange could benefit all sites fairly equally. Google toolbar has a pagerank sniffer built in, so I would suggest taking a look at your site, and the others, and seeing if they are similar or not.

newbie1976 · 05-12-2007, 09:22

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Originally Posted by djeglin

To my understanding, unless your actual pagerank is significantly higher than theirs, a link exchange could benefit all sites fairly equally. Google toolbar has a pagerank sniffer built in, so I would suggest taking a look at your site, and the others, and seeing if they are similar or not.

Thanks for the reply djeglin. My homepage PR is 4, whereas most of the other sites are 3. So still a little worried.

weldo · 05-12-2007, 09:25

still not great PR - and PR doesn't really affect SEO anyway ....

djeglin · 05-12-2007, 09:32

No... put PR does have a big impact on how beneficial links are to your own PR. In this case, the other sites will get more benefit as they have a lower PR and are being linked to from a site with a higher PR, where as this guy wont see much benefit in his PR from links from PR3 sites.

Limbo · 05-12-2007, 09:54

Link out, freely and often.

Only this way can you develop authority. PR does not affect your position in the SERPS directly. Links and Content do that.

cjgraphix · 05-12-2007, 13:54

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Originally Posted by newbie1976

I want to link to a few of the sites just below me on Google, as they will prove useful for users.

Then link to them for the benefit of users, not for PR rankings. Keep your users happy and coming back, and that will keep Google happy.

newbie1976 · 05-12-2007, 15:22

Many thanks everyone. Very helpful.

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newbie1976 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	seo and rel="nofollow" Hi. I have a site that ranks top of Google for a certain key phrase. I want to link to a few of the sites just below me on Google, as they will prove useful for users. I imagine these sites would be willing to exchange links if I contacted them. However, I'm worried that in PR terms they will gain from this more than I do, and may overtake me in the rankings. I was thinking the best way to deal with this would be to add rel="nofollow" to their links (and to forget about a link exchange). Any thoughts on this matter would be very gratefully received.

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djeglin goober :-) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 533	To my understanding, unless your actual pagerank is significantly higher than theirs, a link exchange could benefit all sites fairly equally. Google toolbar has a pagerank sniffer built in, so I would suggest taking a look at your site, and the others, and seeing if they are similar or not. __________________ My signature sucks.

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weldo now with added beard Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,549	still not great PR - and PR doesn't really affect SEO anyway .... __________________ fuck signatures

05-12-2007, 09:32	#5 (permalink)
djeglin goober :-) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 533	No... put PR does have a big impact on how beneficial links are to your own PR. In this case, the other sites will get more benefit as they have a lower PR and are being linked to from a site with a higher PR, where as this guy wont see much benefit in his PR from links from PR3 sites. __________________ My signature sucks.

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Limbo Another turn. Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,920	Link out, freely and often. Only this way can you develop authority. PR does not affect your position in the SERPS directly. Links and Content do that. __________________ CSS Search Engine

05-12-2007, 15:22	#8 (permalink)
newbie1976 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 93	Many thanks everyone. Very helpful.

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