How much 'ranking power' would a link from a privacy policy page of a Big Brand have if the site content is totally unrelated?

[RosemaryB]

Let's say that Site A is a large brand with high authority ( Moz shows it at 90 DA). Site A is about “Blue Shoes”.

Site B is about “fishing”.

If Site A links from their privacy policy page to Site B … would that inbound link carry enough weight in a way that could impact rankings for Site B given that the content is totally unrelated and it's a link from a privacy policy?

I’m asking if the work to get clients/partners do this help.

I have a hypothetical question for you all!

Site A is a large brand with high authority ( Moz shows it at 90 DA). Site A is about “Blue Shoes”.

Site B is about “fishing”.

If site A links from their privacy policy to Site B … would that inbound link carry enough weight in a way that could impact rankings?

I’m asking if the work to get clients/partners do this help.

[4RS_John]

Others may disagree, but I think it would count for something, but I don't know how much.

But why would this even happen if it wasn't a paid link scheme or something similarly shady?

[RosemaryB]

Thanks for your reply.

It's not a link scheme. There's actually a legitimate reason for the this information to appear in the privacy policy of companies who use my client's products.  I just don't know if it might help their rankings.

[4RS_John]

Ok. I think it'll help, but don't expect miracles. However if, for example, your client is a privacy lawyer, it might help more than if he/she is a bait & tackle shop

[EGOL]

I think that Google will consider the trust and the authority of the linking website.

Google will also consider the context and relevance of the page and the paragraphs and the sentences that are associated with the link.

So a link to a privacy site from a privacy page is relevant in my mind.  Nobody knows what Google really thinks about these things, but to me the value of this link ranges somewhere between good and superb.