 Relevant Backlinks... How Does Google Really Know? |
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 Nov 10 2007, 05:03 PM
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HR 3  Group: Active Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-February 05 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 04:10 PM Member No.: 6,533  |
If I have links from accounting websites and financial websites pointing to a mortgage website with the correct anchor text, how does Google know how relevant/quality the page pointing to my site is, besides PageRank?
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Nov 10 2007, 06:43 PM
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 Convert Me!  Group: Admin Posts: 17,378 Joined: 17-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 02:10 PM Member No.: 551 |
I'm not sure what you're getting at with your question wyf. PageRank doesn't attempt to measure Relevancy.
However you are correct in thinking that the anchor text can provide some connection between the two sites. As can other text on the linking page. |
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Nov 10 2007, 06:56 PM
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HR 3 Group: Active Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-February 05 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 04:10 PM Member No.: 6,533 |
QUOTE(Randy @ Nov 10 2007, 06:43 PM)  I'm not sure what you're getting at with your question wyf. PageRank doesn't attempt to measure Relevancy. However you are correct in thinking that the anchor text can provide some connection between the two sites. As can other text on the linking page. what im asking is, what if the site and content itself is irrelevant, has great pagerank, and has a link to me with the correct anchor text how does google know the place that is giving me alink is irrelevant? |
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Nov 10 2007, 07:04 PM
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 High Rankings Advisor Group: Admin Posts: 29,201 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 03:10 PM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2 |
What makes it irrelevant? Would that target audience be totally turned off to your site? If not, who's to say it's not relevant.
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Nov 10 2007, 07:07 PM
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HR 3 Group: Active Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-February 05 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 04:10 PM Member No.: 6,533 |
QUOTE(Jill @ Nov 10 2007, 07:04 PM) What makes it irrelevant? Would that target audience be totally turned off to your site? If not, who's to say it's not relevant. that is an interesting thought. in other words, if my site is about investment banking, but a fishing or baseball site links to me and have great pagerank, google wont penalize me? |
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Nov 10 2007, 08:02 PM
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Convert Me! Group: Admin Posts: 17,378 Joined: 17-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 02:10 PM Member No.: 551 |
No, they won't penalize you.
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Nov 10 2007, 10:14 PM
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High Rankings Advisor Group: Admin Posts: 29,201 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 03:10 PM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE if my site is about investment banking, but a fishing or baseball site links to me and have great pagerank, google wont penalize me? Of course they wouldn't penalize you! I'm always utterly shocked at what people think Google must be like. Do you think they're some sort of crazy monsters just looking for something to penalize? |
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Nov 11 2007, 05:03 AM
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 HR 9  Group: Moderator Posts: 4,356 Joined: 13-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:10 PM From: Blackpool UK Member No.: 492 |
QUOTE if my site is about investment banking, but a fishing or baseball site links to me Do you not think that Investment bankers either play or watch basketball or go fishing? Relevancy is for humans beings to decide, it's far too complicated for bots. http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=200793 then read the whole thread |
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Nov 12 2007, 03:56 AM
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 HR 4 Group: Active Members Posts: 230 Joined: 24-May 06 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:10 PM From: Welwyn Garden City Member No.: 11,873 |
I've had this dilemma in the past and like Jill says 'what makes it irrelevant?'. I used to believe that non relevant links, i.e a link from a website that doesn't directly relate to the theme of my website, wouldn't be as beneficial. However after analyzing the whole process - really who are we to decide what is relevant and what is not? For that same reason, who are Google to do the same.
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Nov 12 2007, 06:26 AM
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 Lost in Translation Group: Moderator Posts: 2,202 Joined: 5-August 03 User's local time: Feb 10 2010, 07:10 AM From: Sydney Australia Member No.: 283 |
QUOTE For that same reason, who are Google to do the same. Two things: 1. They are the gatekeepers pof their own decisions, thus granting them every right. 2. Who says they do decide what is relevant? People are far to binary. On/off, black/white, good/evil, releveant/irrelevant. There is, in most every arena, more than two choices. SO rather than relevant irrelevant, what if we make it a scale? All links are somewhat relevant (they are all votes), but some are more relevant. That, ultimately, is the answer. |
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Nov 13 2007, 12:44 AM
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HR 6 Group: Active Members Posts: 962 Joined: 21-May 07 User's local time: Feb 10 2010, 07:10 AM Member No.: 17,306 |
QUOTE(Jill @ Nov 11 2007, 02:14 PM) Of course they wouldn't penalize you! I'm always utterly shocked at what people think Google must be like. Do you think they're some sort of crazy monsters just looking for something to penalize? Me too. you'd think they have thousands of employees working in penalty sweatshops. |
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Nov 14 2007, 09:39 PM
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 Paz Group: Active Members Posts: 702 Joined: 4-March 04 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 04:10 PM From: Spain Member No.: 2,763 |
Well they kinda do with the “grass on link sellers“forms etc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/puke.gif)
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Nov 14 2007, 11:01 PM
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High Rankings Advisor Group: Admin Posts: 29,201 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 03:10 PM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE(oneofthe3lions @ Nov 14 2007, 09:39 PM) Well they kinda do with the “grass on link sellers“forms etc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/puke.gif) ??? Not sure what you mean by that, can you explain? |
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Nov 15 2007, 02:04 AM
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HR 1 Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 11-February 07 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 02:10 PM From: Indiana, USA Member No.: 16,179 |
QUOTE(wowyourfunny @ Nov 10 2007, 06:07 PM) that is an interesting thought. in other words, if my site is about investment banking, but a fishing or baseball site links to me and have great pagerank, google wont penalize me? Actually!! I believe what everyone is saying about a link being 100% relevant but I will say this, if you have that Investment Banking site and it is Trading Links with the Fishing Site, you are asking for trouble!! Especially if these two sites have PR!! You need to have that fishing site just one way linking you! |
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Nov 15 2007, 02:33 AM
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HR 9 Group: Moderator Posts: 4,356 Joined: 13-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:10 PM From: Blackpool UK Member No.: 492 |
QUOTE Especially if these two sites have PR! "Sites" don't have PR. Pages have PR I am never going to understand the logic behind this idea that backlinks have to be from a "related" or "relevant" site YET the same people will quite happily submit the same site to every damned crappy directory they can find!! Hello, how can a loosely connected bunch of pages full of links, that has a different topic for every single page of links within the site be a RELEVANT site? |
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