I just came across your blog and I just wanted to let you know that I really like it – very valuable info here!

Thanks Roman for this very informative post.
There are so many schools of thought on SEO and ranking in SERPS, depending on who you listen to. I agree with you Roman that a few high PR backlinks are more valuable than hundreds of PR 0 backlinks. If the backlink is coming from a high PR blog or website in the same or related niche, and if the backlink has the anchor text with your target keyword, I understand that this also helps.

I like the example you have given Roman, it makes it very easy to see the importance of a high quality backlink.

It takes some thinking to actually get that very important “Zappa link” that can propel one to success. I think that being prepared to “give” of what you know and of your time – by writing and submitting first-rate guest posts on famous blogs can help anyone to get that “Zappa link”.

Alex, you mentioned above that you were going to write a post on the effectiveness of many smaller links in helping to get high PR or ranking in search engine results position. I would like to read this article – I have looked here, but couldn’t locate it – is it here? I’ll look again.

Thanks again – much appreciated!

Yahoo! and Google make use of different algorithms like MSN. Make an effort to know the differences of the two’s algorithm in order for you to get better rankings.

Yahoo! Algorithm

When it comes to indexing web pages until performing the algorithm to produce search results, Yahoo! is the same with all the search engines. Yahoo! Slurp is the name of the spider of Yahoo! while Googlebot is for Google.

Several SEO people say that the way Google and Yahoo! ranks a website is contradictory to each other. Google focuses on backlinks and other Off Page factors while Yahoo! focuses on keyword density, title, headings, URL and other On Page factors.,,,,,,,,,,,

Okay, let’s be honest. A PR 7 backlink is going to be worth a heck of a lot more to your web site’s climb up the SERPs than a PR 0 backlink. But how much different are they really? Well, for starters, in case you’ve been out to tea somewhere, Google has recently downplayed the importance of PR and even took it out of one of its tools. They’re not saying it doesn’t count anymore. They’re just saying that it’s not the big thing that people think it is. And personally, I couldn’t be happier. But that’s another story.

Truth is, I’ve got some sites that have PR 5 and 6 backlinks that are nowhere to be found near page 1 of Google’s search engine while I have sites with PR 1 and 2 backlinks that are on page 1. Why? What’s the reason? Well, the simple explanation is that there is a lot more to ranking with Google, or any search engine for that matter, than just backlinks. If that were the case, people would just beg, borrow and steal to get them. But even more important is the content on the site itself and even more important than that is the relevancy of the keywords to what people are searching for. Add to that mix the amount of time that the site has been online and……..(?)