Internal Linking

[kyleNeedham]

Hi,

I have a site which has a Pr5 index page, however level 2 pages only have a PR rank of 3 is this a sign of poor internal linking structure or maybe this is the result of too many on page links?

I would appreciate any ideas that you might have!

Kyle

[goodlegaladvice]

if you do have over 100 links off the homepage you might want to consider deep linking some of the non important pages.

its not the worst thing to have pr3s on the second lvl but i have had 2nd lvl pages rank at the same lvl as the index

[ParagonDigital]

It could be a sign of too many links on your index page/bad internal link structure but it could also have to do with external factors as well. Might be a good idea to take a look at external links pointing at your index page vs. the level 2 pages before making and changes to your site.

[Creode]

I agree with the above 2 comments, but it could also be because the pages are fairly fresh, and so need a little more time to build their page rank.

I think it may also have something to do with the amount of traffic the pages actually get.

You see it in blogs all the time. Some really popular* posts, can get decent page rank, whereas others don't, even when they are on the same level.

*Popular through analytics, not from comments or links, but merely traffic. Maybe Google notices them more. Maybe link juice is more powerful if users go through the link. Who knows.