PageRank Methodology
June 10th, 2008 by MackFirst off, everyone is to understand I don’t work for Google and nobody besides them actually knows how the PageRank algorithm really works. So this post could be made up pure fiction or facts. On a much more serious note, the following may seem quite obvious to an experienced SEO/SEM, but I wanted to have my name in the pot for the dumbest post of 2008.
Link Building in Reverse
For years people are constantly trying to score those high page rank links for their home page and forgetting about those important sub pages. My studies show that sub pages are just as important when trying to increase your page rank. Why you might ask?
Have you ever seen a sub page with a higher page rank than it’s parent? In all my years I have never. So my thought here is if you build your linking profile to include your sub pages you will also see the additions on your home page also.
I think it is a methodolgy most are not consciously aware of even though they see their home page is always a higher than their subs. So my theory in point, is that the sub page is much more important than most give it credit for.
If you stay focused on that train of thought, you should be able to find more relevant linking opportunities since most sub pages or sections of your site may cover different topics.
In conclusion, my theory is inbound page rank is an accumulation of both subs and home, while outbound slowly trickles downwards from it’s parent (per say Home) to subs. It is common sense, but I feel it is somehow overlooked sometimes.
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By Dennis Edell on Jun 14, 2008 | Reply
Excellent advice indeed! i recently read a post from Lynn Terry entitled “Stop linking to your home page!” and it hit many where they feel it lol.
So many people are missing the boat here. Think of blog commenting as a prime example…put a sub-page in the URL field!
If the sub-field link is relevant to to the post your commenting on, that’s maximum goodness! But not always possible
By Mack on Jun 14, 2008 | Reply
I can not agree more. It is amazing even to see full fledge professionals making this mistake more often.
By Mack on Jun 17, 2008 | Reply
Actually inspired another post Dennis, thanks for getting the wheels turning.