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Originally Posted by POed-poster
Would I do better to link to a domain (with a few outbound links) which itself links to the content on another domain? The domain in question would have lots of pages on it. Alternatively, could I load the pages with heavy outbound links in a frame on the domain being linked to? Would I be penalized for doing this?
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think of it like this... there is no such thing as "domain"... only "pages". each page has a value of X. each link one one page to another page passes a value of .X and sitewide links (navigation, includes etc) have a lower value - of .0X. a "domain" doesn't have a pr value. its index page does.
Page Rank is a representation of the value of inbound links to a given page (internal and external links). i.e. 1000 links linking to the home page, each passing a value of .X.. the home page linking elsewhere, each passing a value of .X and value left over for that page is converted from its actual mathematical value to a number between 0-10.
PR has no real relevance for ranking for phrases, although its obviously going to go up as you build links back to the page you want to rank for a phrase... so there is an indirect correlation and it says something about the volume/quality of back links to a page.
adding the "rel=nofollow" attribute to links tells google not to follow it and it won't pass any value to the page you are linking to. this should also be part of your strategy. "contact", "privacy", "register" etc etc etc are not pages you want to pass any link value to.
don't try to be clever. don't try to trick Google. do it right. do the math. think things through. plan things out. figure out where you want to concentrate your linking, to what page, for what phrase. pay attention to the anchor text and spend some time figuring out how to build links TO the site from elsewhere on the web... preferably relevant sites with the anchor text for the phrases you want.
there are no simple 1-2-3 answers. your site is unique, the content is unique, the phrases are unique and the competition is very fluid and ever changing for those phrases. you have to be resigned to becoming the expert on the phrases you aer going after and the competition. if you are serious... do everything with purpose, deliberation and because its part of a well laid out plan to achieve a specific objective... not because someone on gfy gave you an easy answer that you wanted to hear.
