.edu and .gov helps PR

Sure a link from .edu and .gov will help PR, but it’s no different than having a link from other sites that carries the same PR as those .edu and .gov sites.

The only reason why it seem like they give out more “google juice” is because the main sites often have more linkbacks and therefore higher PR. They also do not have much outbound links, so they retain their PR and doesn’t have to share it to distribute it.

That’s not much different than a site that has high PR and doesn’t have much outbound links, it doesn’t matter if it’s .com .net .edu, or .gov.

If the page your on for the .edu or .gov site has a bunch of external links on it, then you’re likely not going to benefit from it that much anyway, just like a .com site.

Also, if you are on a student or faculty .edu page, it’s not going to do much, if you check, their PR isn’t going to be that high as the main .edu site. So, it’s not gong to give you much PR.

Bottom line is, a PR7 site that’s .com will be the same as PR7 site that’s .edu. You just want to link from a site that doesn’t have too many external links. I’m guessing under 50, and the less the better. Over 50 external links will likely not pass too much PR to you. 50 it’s just a random number, don’t take my word for it, but the more external links, the less PR you’ll get out of it.

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