Link values

[PeterM22]

I have an interesting question, it's more to see other peoples opinions than looking for an exact answer, as I know noone can give that.

If you had a good link on harvard.edu.. how many very low quality links on low DA domains that are full of junk, would you need to match the harvard link... if all other factors were equal.

I'm gonna go for 500.. I've had great results with a few high DA/trust links.

I'm not looking for anyone to give me a definative answer, just curious as to the views of other SEOs

[PeterM22]

thanks for your answer guys! Sean, I do whatever is neccesary to get the .edu.. at least anything that isn't against the google guidelines!

[seanmccauley]

I'm interested in how you will acquire the .edu.

As to how much more valuable, if all other things equal, ie anchor text, context, landing page, etc, etc then I would have though a PA 80 .edu vs PA 40.com spam might be 40x value? Guesstimation

[DanSpeicher]

It's all context dependent. It depends on how relevant the sites are, what you mean by low quality, etc.

And if your talking about websites full of junk/spam, then no amount of those sites are worth a quality, relevant link.