Is google PR depends on the number of links?

[theBrain]

Hi,


some experts stats that google page rank directly proportional to the number of backlinks a site is having. Is this true? Don't we have any other option than increasing the number of links to get a good PR?

 

[Mockingbird]

That is partially true, qualified and relevant backlinks makes a difference, so does the relevance and match in content type. This is where seo ability is very valuable. the algorythm takes into consideration usefulness of content, relevance and traffic. It is hard to build PR but not impossible

 

[theBrain]

That is partially true, qualified and relevant backlinks makes a difference, so does the relevance and match in content type. This is where seo ability is very valuable. the algorythm takes into consideration usefulness of content, relevance and traffic. It is hard to build PR but not impossible

Yeah, it is very hard to build PR. But I saw in some of the posts around here saying that if we are having quality out bound links in High PR sites, our sites also will get lower page ranks. is it? How far this true?