Non-indexed or indexed top hierarchy pages get high PageRank at Google?

[vtmoz]

Hi,

We are creating some pages just to capture leads from blog-posts. We created few pages at top hierarchy like website.com/new-page/. I'm just wondering if these pages will take away more PageRank. Do we need to create these pages at low hierarchy like website.com/folder/new-page to avoid passing more PageRank? Is this is how PR distributed even now and it's same for indexed or non-indexed pages?

Thanks

[effectdigital]

A page which sends another URL PageRank does lose some of its own PageRank in the process. If you have 8 pages under a homepage and they all recieve PageRank, and then you add more pages which are also linked to from the HomePage, then all of the URLs will get a relatively equal amount (but since more URLs are being linked to, each linked page gains slightly less PageRank than before!)

If you don't want those pages to rank on Google or be passed PageRank (they are purely landing pages for referral or ad traffic) then you can orphan them if you want. Shouldn't be a huge deal and would keep things isolated. Those new pages, once orphaned - won't rank very well though (on Google's normal, organic results)