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Originally Posted by crankydave
Zero'd out is an assumption. Exactly what is zero'd out is also an assumption? PR? Anchor text value? Trust value? Authoritative value? Direct ranking value? The aggregate value?
Links affect far more than just a single thing including other metrics. One cannot look at them simply in the singular and automatically assume it applies to whole. The whole (the agregate) can easily be considered differently and can easily involve different metrics than the singular.
Does "zero'd out" mean that obtaining hundreds or thousands of links from a "flagged" site has zero affect on on the "authority" or "trust" of a site that is new and/or has a weak link profile?
Dave |
Good post.
To keep it manageable, I have concentrated on PageRank and suspected that a link from page A to page B can have a negative effect on SERP position (see above). In my theory it can have a zero effect.
Then what if two pages ends up with the exact same (most probably a complex metric where 10 decimals or big numbers may be allowed). How should they be ranked on the SERP's? By a random draw? Do you have a better proposal? Reevaluation?