Is it better getting a footer link (wide-side) better then link from an article?

LarryPage

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I have a choice to get a link from the hompage/wideside footer/article link which should I choose?
 
But a homepage link has a much higher PR and a footer sitewide has so many backlinks pointing back to you.
 
But a homepage link has a much higher PR and a footer sitewide has so many backlinks pointing back to you.

I was reading a thread on BHW the other day where someone got a link in side bar and he was getting 2000 backlinks from the same domain but they are all useless. It isn't about a single domain giving you thousands of backlinks but in fact it is all about several different domains giving you a backlink. Makes sense?

My vote goes to the article/contextual link.
 
I don't think that a homepage/ sitewide link would have such a negative impact as long as you have much more article/ contextual links. So in this particular situation, if you just want to grow your domain authority, and the a/m condition is fulfilled, you should choose the homepage/ sitewide link. On the contrary, if you just want to rank higher a specific keyword, you should choose the article (contextual) link. Just my opinion...
 
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As soon as I removed my site wide links,my site jumped back up the G search results. They are bad my friend, very bad indeed.
 
Link diversity is the most important thing, if most of your current links are in articles then go for the footer link, and vice-versa.
 
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