Comments on: Keep your web pages PR by eliminating weak outgoing links

By: kitchen appliances

kitchen appliances — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:34:33 +0000

How many outgoing links do you think I can have on my PR4 home page? Is 60/70 too many?

By: Eric D. Burdo

Eric D. Burdo — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:23:58 +0000

I think you’d be better off removing links for the “Don’t Make Me Think” principal.

If it isn’t necessary for the customer to do, then don’t give them the option.

If your pushing for a sale, don’t let them visit another site. If you want them to signup, then remove extra links.

And don’t worry so much about the PR.

By: Dennis Crane

Dennis Crane — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:34:33 +0000

Matt,
It’s just a technique. It depends on you how you will apply it.

Sometimes there are situations when you have to put the link to another site by some technical reasons (e.g. web counter, mail-list subscription server, search engine, etc) and I think it’s quite ethical to “protect” such technical link.

If you review a site, if you respect it and value its content than you’d better to give it a credit.

So, it depends …

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:25:15 +0000

I think this is somewhat unethical. If you want to link to another site because it’s interesting, they deserve the PR credit. nofollow is okay for comments etc. to prevent spam, but don’t use it to destroy the whole concept of Page Rank.