Blayne,
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This is the first time I have read about strong outbound links affecting PR It could be due to lack of sleep and not reading the posts as often as I used to. Has this been proven?
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This last update did a lot of strange things that can't be explained. Strong outbound links is a theory...
I've been studying sites that have little for inbound but still have a high
PR. It's become a hobby:)
There are similarities between sites that are experiencing this. Most of them are professional websites (mortgage, insurance, industrial). Most of them do carry Outbound Links to high
PR sites or authority sites. And oddly they all carry some sort of legal statement, disclaimer or privacy statement... an about us... SO they are just real professional websites. Validation might even come into play from there...
...this is per my research so far... it's just a small sampling of websites.
My theory is maybe there are industry factors that come into play. You might be provided an automatic boost if you have a professional website structure with links to important websites etc... MAYBE.
And this may only effect the Google Bar; JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEARCHER... It certainly doesn't say that you are ranked at all in the SERPs... I think it's more for the surfer and Googles internal
PR is used with more factors to come up with a ranking in the results pages...
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