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HOW MANY EXTERNAL LINKS DO I NEED?

Soon after publishing my ”A Beginner’s Introduction to the Google Pagerank” article at the ArticlesBase, many intrigued people sent me an email to ask, “How many links are required to get a particular Google PageRank?”  This follow-up article will answer this popular and important Search Engine Optimization question.

GOOGLE PAGERANK RESEARCH

To get accurate research, I decided to pick an industry and get the Google PageRank (PR) and number of non-duplicated Inbound Links from a random sample of fifty websites in that market.  A month after the New Year’s Eve celebration, I found myself pretty quite, so I picked popular beverages, mostly focusing on energy drinks, sports drinks, and soft drinks.

All the data below was collected during the first week of January 2009.  This was an optimal time for this information because Google updated every site’s PageRank within the past week.  All data is sorted in descending order, first, by PageRank, then, by Inbound Links.

GOOGLE PAGERANK VS EXTERNAL LINKS RESEARCH RESULTS

PR 08 & 2570 LINKS (www.coca-cola.com)

PR 07 & 1820 LINKS (www.redbull.com)

PR 07 & 1180 LINKS (www.pepsi.com)

PR 06 & 0633 LINKS (www.gatorade.com)

PR 06 & 0544 LINKS (www.drpepper.com)

PR 06 & 0396 LINKS (www.snapple.com)

PR 06 & 0373 LINKS (www.rockstar69.com)

PR 06 & 0350 LINKS (www.nestle.ca)

PR 05 & 0581 LINKS (www.monsterenergy.com)

PR 05 & 0447 LINKS (www.7up.com)

PR 05 & 0413 LINKS (www.sprite.com)

PR 05 & 0337 LINKS (www.mountaindew.com)

PR 05 & 0318 LINKS (www.jonessoda.com)

PR 05 & 0304 LINKS (www.redbull.ca)

PR 05 & 0293 LINKS (www.minutemaid.com)

PR 05 & 0268 LINKS (www.fanta.com)

PR 05 & 0237 LINKS (www.powerade.com)

PR 05 & 0178 LINKS (www.ampenergy.com)

PR 05 & 0173 LINKS (www.clearly.ca)

PR 05 & 0154 LINKS (www.sunnyd.com)

PR 05 & 0136 LINKS (www.sobeadrenalinerush.com)

PR 05 & 0135 LINKS (www.schweppes.com)

PR 05 & 0123 LINKS (www.sierramist.com)

PR 05 & 0121 LINKS (www.drinkfuze.com)

PR 04 & 0116 LINKS (www.nestea.com)

PR 04 & 0107 LINKS (www.drinkarizona.com)

PR 04 & 0098 LINKS (www.rootbeer.com)

PR 04 & 0071 LINKS (www.rccolainternational.com)

PR 04 & 0069 LINKS (www.fitzsrootbeer.com)

PR 04 & 0065 LINKS (www.drinkstewarts.com)

PR 04 & 0063 LINKS (www.canadadry.com)

PR 04 & 0058 LINKS (www.mugrootbeer.com)

PR 04 & 0058 LINKS (www.hawaiianpunch.com)

PR 04 & 0051 LINKS (www.whiterockbeverages.com)

PR 04 & 0047 LINKS (www.dietrite.com)

PR 04 & 0045 LINKS (www.ampenergy.ca)

PR 04 & 0042 LINKS (www.canadadry.ca)

PR 03 & 0065 LINKS (www.barqs.com)

PR 03 & 0064 LINKS (www.joltenergy.com)

PR 03 & 0061 LINKS (www.schweppeseuro.com)

PR 03 & 0054 LINKS (www.drinkvault.com)

PR 03 & 0050 LINKS (www.fresca.com)

PR 03 & 0050 LINKS (www.bekool.ca)

PR 03 & 0041 LINKS (www.minutemaid.ca)

PR 03 & 0041 LINKS (www.bigredltd.com)

PR 02 & 0042 LINKS (www.crystallight.ca)

PR 02 & 0036 LINKS (www.cccola.com)

PR 02 & 0020 LINKS (www.dadsrootbeer.com)

PR 02 & 0015 LINKS (www.sunnyselectsoda.com)

PR 00 & 0011 LINKS (www.redrainenergy.ca)

DATA CONSISTENCIES AND DISCREPANCIES



On the whole, the Google PageRank to Inbound Links relationship is quite consistent, and we can draw definite conclusions about how many links are needed for a particular PageRank.  There are some noteworthy variances, however, as two sites both have 42 External Links, yet one has a good PR4 while the other a poor PR2. 

As explained in my previously published PageRank article at the ArticlesBase, Google does not value all Inbound Links equally.  The two main factors Google uses to assess the value of an External Link are:

(1) The PageRank of the site linking to you (the higher the PR, the great its value);

(2) The similarity between the keywords of the site linking to you and your site’s keywords (the higher the “Relevance,” the greater its value);

These two factors account for most of the divergences between quantity of External Links and resulting PageRank.

WHAT RESULTS CAN YOU REASONABLY EXPECT?



You will require less QUANTITY of External Links to earn particular Google PageRank if they are a higher QUALITY, and vice-versa.  That being stated, these are the results you can “reasonably” expect:

PR 01 requires 10 Inbound Links

PR 02 requires 25 Inbound Links

PR 03 requires 50 Inbound Links

PR 04 requires 100 Inbound Links

PR 05 requires 200 Inbound Links

PR 06 requires 400 Inbound Links

PR 07 requires 800 Inbound Links

PR 08 requires 1600 Inbound Links

PR 09 requires 3200 Inbound Links

I hope these guidelines help you set and reach your SEO goals.  Best of luck with your link-building campaign and with increasing your website’s Google PageRank and total traffic!

Feel free to email us or visit our website if you have any Search Engine Optimization, or Internet advertising questions at Marketing Marksman (www.marketingmarksman.com) headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.



By: Andrew Antaro

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It seems everyone is into online dating today. Years back it was taboo to say you had met that special someone over the Internet as today it’s become mainstream. Popular Internet dating sites like www.TheFitnessPersonals.com are making meeting that special someone increasingly easier. With this new medium for induction taking off with it comes some common sense and not so common sense rules to go by.

Hear are my top 10:

1. Only meet your date when you are 100% ready. You got to feel comfortable first. Make sure your ‘gut’ agrees with you head.

2. Keep it public. First date should be in a public place like a coffee shop or restaurant.

3. Meet at the date location – meaning DO NOT meet at your dates place of residence or yours. If the date goes really well you’ll then have plenty of opportunity in the future to go there but not now.

4. Keep the date to a limit. Say 1 hour. That give you both plenty of time to get an idea if a connection exists plus it keeps the pressure off if one person can’t wait for the date to be over. Remember – if it goes well then the next date can always be longer.

5. Make a friend aware. Let a friend know that you are going on a date with a new person and let that friend know where you are going to be. Agree to call your friend after the date to let him/her know everything is ok.

6. Make sure to have your cell phone with you and fully charged.

7. Avoid alcohol.

8. Do not leave your drink or food unattended. You don’t know this person so don’t trust too much from the beginning.

9 . Remember your gut. If it tell you things are off be ready to listen to it and simply end the date and leave.

10. Make sure when the date is over that you are not being followed so you get home safely.

Relationships take time to build and trust is something that shouldn’t be given away in a matter of minutes, hours, or even days. Remember – follow your gut and you will know when it’s right to take your relationship to the next level.

 

 



By: Dr Date

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