PR and link exchange

[mistergambler]

Hi
If I want to exchange links with another site, what should I think of regarding PR?

I have examined the pagerank for the other site on domain level, but I have noticed that different pages can have different PR.

I guess I have to examine the specific place where my link will be displayed, is that correct?

Regards
mistergambler

[universal4]

I exchange links based upon the quality of the website, whether I know the webmaster to be an honest person, (such as private members of the GIA or GPWA) and whether the link I am putting up is a good fit on the page for my visitors and matches the theme of the the page its on as well as the anchor text.

PR does not factor in tot he decision by very much.

I would rather have a pr0 pointing at a blackjack page from a quality blackjack page of a fellow GIA'er, than a non blackjack page that was a pr3. (providing for the sake of the discussion I was looking for blackjack related links)

Rick
Universal4

[LiveCasinoPartners]

I agree. Go for relevance to your keyword link on a trusted partner before worrying about PR.

I used to trade a great deal on other forums until I found out that 99% of my trade partners removed the links within 6 months. Now I only make trades with quality webmasters.

[mistergambler]

Ok thanks. But is it not true that if a site with a higher PR links to my site it could in the end increase my PR?

But I know that PR is not everything, frankly I am not sure what the PR does for the SERP for my keywords.

[Gerrypolt]

If you get links from a site with pr, you do gain some pr.

However pr doesn't affect SERP's, so getting a link from a relivant site with the proper anchors is more important than pr in my oppinion.

[Chalkie]

I would consider the matter like this.

If you get a link from a site about cat food with a PR3 for your site about poker you might just get a little pr juice and you get a back link. This back link will not be very strong though as it is completely irrelevant. The PR is likely to dry up pretty soon to because if the cat food site carrys a few irrelevant links like that it is soon likely to lose its own pr anyway.

If you get a link from a relevant page with no pr on a relevant site (a link from a carbon poker review on a poker site to a carbon poker section on your site for instance) with a good anchor text you may not gain any pr diectly from it, however, you will have a relevant back link from a page that may just gain some pr in the near future because it likely has decent content and only links to relevant pages elsewhere. If there pages gains pr you will eventually benefit from that too. Building slowly like this will help you far more.

Taking all that in to account you then need to make sure that the link is from a reliable and reputable source and you also need to keep your eye on it too, as even the best of people accidently remove links and sell sites now and again.

If you dont follow the last paragraph it will all be in vein anyway.

[web1234]

I invite you for a link exchange & Articles (3-way linking) with our website(s).

As you know backlinks helps in generating more traffic to our sites as well as achieving higher search engine rankings.
If interested, please feel free to contact me.

[marley]

Hello,
Please let me know if any body interested in link exchange with casino sites

email me:webmastergambling17(@)gmail(DOT)com

thanks
marley

[bbonline]

Hello,
Please let me know if any body interested in link exchange with casino sites

email me:webmastergambling17(@)gmail(DOT)com

thanks
marley

hey buddy!

Are you interested in homepage or anchor text link exchange? You can send me a PM if you like. You can click on my signature and choose among it the one that you want a trade with.

thanks,
Gregory

[patmcluk]

Hmm this is all very interesting about links needing to be from related sites. I am just setting up (well its up and running since yesterday) a website that does reviews of websites. This is purely for the benefit of getting links included in an article (which is supposed to carry greater weight than a simple text link).
I will then syndicate the article, and also submit it to every bookmarking site i can find to help promote the reviewed site. I'm up to about 23 ish at the moment.
Obviously these "article sites" are not going to be directly related to the reviewed site's business, but then why are people prepared to pay good money to get there sites "blogvertised" in this manner?

[TheGooner]

Ok thanks. But is it not true that if a site with a higher PR links to my site it could in the end increase my PR?

But I know that PR is not everything, frankly I am not sure what the PR does for the SERP for my keywords.

PR is hardly anything.

Base your descision on the quality of the site, and the amount and type of traffic that the page will get - and you'll do well.

[patmcluk]

I think you are absolutely right Gooner.
I'll send you a PM!

[GFPC]

Yeah PR is more of a perceived idea of worth..... when in fact it means nothing.

Many webmasters base success on it!! Yet they are mistaken.

Non the less its fun to watch it go up, and when it does your emails get flooded with requests.. LOL...

Some of my sites with no PR do better than ones with PR...


Cheers

[patmcluk]

My site does very well without a PR ranking (but i'm hardly going to have one after six weeks!) but isn't the reasoning that the higher the PR from google, the higher your page will figure in the searchs? Which will then increase your traffic again, supposedly.

[Webzcas]

Yeah PR is more of a perceived idea of worth..... when in fact it means nothing.

Many webmasters base success on it!! Yet they are mistaken.

Non the less its fun to watch it go up, and when it does your emails get flooded with requests.. LOL...

Some of my sites with no PR do better than ones with PR...


Cheers

Page Rank or the page rank that is displayed in the google toolbar is completely misleading. I never ever base link trades on page rank. Any unsolicited emails that are sent to me asking for links based on page rank are normally binned.

If you have a quality site and it does okay in the serps then I am interested.

[webber286]

Echoing the other statements here...but PR is definitely not the factor you should be looking at when considering a link partner. Content relevance, ranks for it's own title tag, ranks for semi-competitive keywords in the title tag, and sites with actual traffic are much more valuable to you.

[GFPC]

What would be the best way to rank well for real competitive markets, such as Casino sites, and slots or even bingo sites...

Would getting as many realevant back links the best idea?

How about tons of quality content?

With a site online for say a few months what would be the best way to really attack this?

Steve

[webber286]

For the competitive terms it is a mix of both. You need to have lots of relevant content and tons and tons of links. Plan to spend several years acquiring links to be able to compete for the top terms. Keep in mind that a lot of webmasters have had quite a head start, so while you are continually adding backlinks, so are they, so it becomes a battle of who is gaining the most high quality backlinks.

Since I've noticed that you are taking a multiple site long-tail strategy, it doesn't seem that you would have the time to focus on the highly competitive terms. Maybe if you have a team you are working with you could.

[megan isla]

PR is just one of the factors you consider when doing link exchange but like other people stated in this thread, first link with site related to your theme with quality content. Think about quality than quantity in link building.

I need gaming and gambling sites esp poker related, please do email me at megan.webmaster@gmail.com.

[patmcluk]

When i started with justarsenal i built up a lot of links with similar-type sites, and then started on swapping with anyone for extra value. Now i find that my articles get linked on so many forums and other sites i hardly have to worry about link-building any more. But without new quality content that is attractive to other sites every day, you definitely need to concentrate on spreading your links about.