Page Quality Factors for Link Building - Number of links on the page

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Of course, if a certain relevant page links out to a single page (no other external links to other domains can be found on the page), then that target page must be of absolute importance. If a certain document links out to several web pages, then the location of the links on the linking page itself determines the importance and value of that link. If the link appears on a prominent part of the web page, it's more important than one that appears in the footer section. If a link appears in the page's content itself, it is more valuable than one that appears in the sidebar or navigation. 

A spammy link page, like that of a link farm or low quality directory, consists of hundreds or thousands of links on the page. This is because this type of page exists not to satisfy users, but just for search engine purposes. As a result, this type of link is awarded zero value by Google search engines. If you get links from these types of sources, they are useless and a waste of time.

If you completely understand the mathematics behind Page Rank, you will be amazed; if a certain page has fewer external links, then the link density is very high, and this means it carries more Page Rank weight.

Google Page Rank, as the patent suggests, is a measure of the importance of the page. It is used to assess the quality of a linking page, when combined with content relevance factors as discussed above.

For example if we were to design a link algorithm to evaluate page relevance and importance, then it might be:

Rating of Page Rank (importance): 1 to 10 (where 1 is least importance and 10 to absolute importance)

Rating of Page Relevance (content): 1 to 10 (where 1 is least relevance and 10 is a perfect match for the query)

Then the relevance rating based on these two factors might be:

Relevance rating = Page Rank x Page Relevance

As we expect, quality related documents are rated by both page importance and relevance. It is a clear objective for search engines to return a page that is both important and relevant.

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