Does PR 7, PR 8, PR 9 links help really?

[GAZ09]

HI GUYS,

I have been offered a few link opportunities on websites that have a PR 7, 8 & 9 but will it help my rankings because the website it not related whatsoever to what my website is about..

My website is about insurance and these high PR websites are not related to insurance.. Does it really matter???

Any guidance  much apprciate please guys...

Thanks

Gareth

[EwanFisher]

PR is not the only thing you should be looking it.

Relevance is a very important factor, also DA,PA and the number out outbound links coming from the sites.

[David_ODonnell]

And how much do these 'opportunities' cost? lol.

Short answer: High PR links can help you rank, but if you get busted buying links, well, that does the opposite.

[GAZ09]

Thanks David

How can you get busted buying links? Maybe if you acquire a lot of links in a short space of time??

[KeriMorgret]

Or if the website has notes saying to contact them to advertise or buy links, or if they're part of a network with a footprint that's easy to detect (do a search for 'build my rank'), etc. Any number of ways.