Any Inbound Links vs. Relevant theme Inbound Links
March 1st, 2007I have read topics on both sides of the coin - “a link is a link” and “relative links” in terms of SEO value. So, for those who advocate “a link is a link” then if I sell technology product, a link with a travel agency is as good as linking with another technology oriented site? Should PR enter into the decision? I’m leaning towards relevant links and at least a PR higher than “0″.I guesss at the simplest level search is about matching a text query to “relevant” text on a website. Relevance is therefore at the core. A link from a relevant site should therefore carry more weight in the matching process than a link from a non-relevant site.
Relevancy is equally and sometime more important than PAGERANK for google. For example,
ABC is a web hosting company with pagerank 6. XYZ is a web hosting company with pagerank 8.
ABC has more Inbound Links from similar theme websites (e.g. web hosting websites)…