settings for a higher PR

can you please explain, how to make settings on vbseo for a higher PR?

can anyone post a good vbseo_all.xml file for 2.4.0

Hello,

default vBSEO settings are good enough in most cases.

Originally Posted by briansol

PR has more to do with links-in than anything elese.

Exactly

Originally Posted by mrkay

BamaStangGuy, how many if I may ask?

There is no set amount of links for getting x amount of pagerank. No one knows how many links it takes to step up to the next level.

Originally Posted by briansol

no, this is exactly the opposite. you want the high rank sites to link to YOU, not you link to them.

Exactly. PageRank is all about how many high quality websites are linking to your content, and their frequency and depth of interlinking. However, you need to also consider the websites you are linking too as well.

For example, linking to a "Link Farm" which is composed of automated or spam submitted junk links could quite easily get your website a hugh penalty and ban from Google and other search engines too. It also appears that relevant, and related linkbacks will help not only improve your PageRank, but also search engine indexation. The task to ascertain related linkbacks can be eased by the use of the vBSEO Pingbacks and Trackback functionality.

Actually there is a setting that helps PR in the CP and it is called "add rel no follow to external websites links" (or someting like that)

If you only have inbound links to your site, and no outgoing links (just your partners and/or friends) you will also be seen as and authority by Google and receive more PR on most of your pages.

Not exactly.

It sounds like you've fallen for the "PageRank Leak" myth and mixed it with a slightly different definition of "authority site" than what I'd use.

Some people mistakenly think that linking to other sites will have a net negative effect on their seo efforts. While linking to the wrong sites can hurt you (as Michael mentioned above), Google includes outbound links in your overall scoring.

From a conceptual standpoint, think about how useful it would be for a SE to consider what sites you link to in determining your relevance to a particular keyword. If Google sees that you link to:

• USFlag.org
• US History.org
• American Flag Forum at USA Flag Site

then they can make a pretty good guess that your page is relevant to the American Flag. If it was me, I'd also consider the anchor text that your page used to link to thse sites in determining your page's scoring.

You can't become an authority site (in Google's eyes) by simply limiting your outbound links. That's way too simplistic as that would lead to an unlimited number of authority sites on any given topic and would be ripe for manipulation by guys like me (and you ). My guess is that authority sites (again, in the eyes of Google) are few and far between. It's probably a combination of stable links from a wide range of other high quality sites (with an emphasis on your certain topic) plus what you've got on your site in terms of content, site structure, activity (or lack of changes)...

So from my perspective, outbound links to useful sites are a good thing. Rel nofollow the spammy links but you're hurting yourself if you rel nofollow good links.

Good luck, Ross

You're right, i put it too simplistic. But I didn't mean it like posted in that article. I still think it can help to limit outbound links, I agree that linking sites related to the content on your site and page is a good thing. I guess what I meant was that if the ratio inbound links is higher, that means you are the authority in that field. That doesn't mean that outbound links hurt you, it means that it helps to limit them so the ratio is reversed.

If Google sees that you link to:

* USFlag.org
* US History.org
* American Flag Forum at USA Flag Site

then they can make a pretty good guess that your page is relevant to the American Flag.

Hehe, now this page is going to get many google referrals for the "American Flag" query