Link Bait Question

[JSOC]

When other sites link to your blog pages does it benefit the root domain or just the actual blog page that is linked to?

In other words, how page specific is the value of linking?

[EGOL]

The page that is hit with the link gets the most benefit.  However, a small amount of benefit flows through your site, first to the pages that are linked to by the linkbait page and then smaller amounts passed on through each step of the site's linkage.

My personal belief is that if you have a few pages about widgets on your site and they acquire a number of authoritative links then something other than linkjuice begins to benefit your site... and that is sitewide boost for anything about widgets.

[asimahme]

I agree with EGOL,

The specific page that link is directed to will acquire the most benefit or "linkjuice" value.  However your site will also get benefited as a whole which includes your root domain.

Offcourse everyone's SEO strategy should focus on gaining a strong domain authority (strong root domain), and the best way this can be done is through deep inner links in your content pages.  Also good internal link structure to really pass the linkjuice from page to page.