Relevant Backlinks and SEO

[jschell]

I know that one of the important things to consider when doing link exchanges and whatnot is the relevancy of the site that you are getting the link from.

How much weight does this carry? If I were to only try to get links from "gambling" sites, this would severely limit my ability to get links, especially high PR links since gambling sites cannot get a PR of over 5.

If I expand my linking efforts into say computer games and board games, I would be able to find links with 6 or 7 PRs as well as add to the sheer volume of links that I might get. These links would still be sort of relevant, but obviously not as relevant as a link from a poker related site. How much less do these links help?

At what point do less relevant or irrelevant links actually hurt your placement? If I got a link from some pharmacy site with a PR 7, for example, would this hurt? If I got 25 PR 3 links from pharmacy sites, would this hurt?

Thanks for any thoughts you SEO experts can give.

[PPP]

Originally posted by jschell@Nov 18 2005, 05:27 PM
especially high PR links since gambling sites cannot get a PR of over 5.

That's not just false, it is very false.

[jschell]

Oh, okay. I know I read that somewhere, but apparently it isn't true, thanks PPP.

Still, the fact remains that more high PR links are available if I am not limited to only gambling related sites, so I would like to know if I can take advantage of these irrelevant sites for SE placements.