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Originally Posted by POed-poster
Here are a couple more questions.
(1) Does each individual link on a a page count for one vote, or just one for each domain. If I post my link to my site in my sig file in a dofollow message forum and make 3,000 posts, goes that give it 3,000 votes or just one because they are all coming from a single domain?
(2) I understand why many sites don't like reciprocal links with sites that have a lower PR than theirs, as it seems the site that has the lesser PR would benefit the most. Is this correct?
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it doesn't work the way CYF is describing
google is pretty tricky with the whole thing, especially moreso of late
as for your questions, there is no "vote" tally like you describe, it used to be that simply collecting 2000 backlinks would give your page relevance, but google is moving toward more clever techniques to determine relevance... simple answer to your question though is that google won't give your page any extra confidence from 3000 links in a signature than it would from one link in a single post, it might even backfire if that is all your site has going for it
2) people's likes or dislikes with linking is not always based on current google reality either, but generally people value PR like a commodity, and giving a pr4 link in return for a pr2 link doesn't add up in most people's fairness quotient (even though there are many situations, especially when relevance is high, where it might be a wise trade for both parties involved)