So google stopped the page rank

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Delboy Trotter

So google stopped the page rank

No. They stopped updating/publishing it.

Google staff had been saying openly - in interviews and on their own blogs - for a couple of years, that stopping publishing PR information was "a long-term objective". (Doesn't mean that page ranks no longer exist, of course, not that they signify much anyway: we can all see for ourselves, from the ever-increasing regularity with which lower-PR pages outrank higher-PR pages, in Google's SERP's, that page ranks are an increasingly devalued currency.)

Many of us thought this was going to happen last year. Like so many "announced Google developments", it's just been very slow-moving: http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...ar-2013-a.html

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Mike Anthony

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

we can all see for ourselves, from the ever-increasing regularity with which lower-PR pages outrank higher-PR pages, in Google's SERP's, that page ranks are an increasingly devalued currency.)
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I don't l know why you continue to comment on SEO threads Alexa. I've tried for two years now to explain to you that that low PR pages HAVE ALWAYS outranked lower ones because PageRank NEVER EVER AT ALL AT ANY TIME indicated the anchor text links to the pages in serps

Pagerank only measured the overall links to the page not what the links were recommending the pages for so of course a PR1 with more anchor text for "content marketers don;t know SEO" would outrank a PR 4 with anchor text for "SEOs know SEo" if the search was for

Content marketers who suck at SEO

Theres never been any ever increasing instances of lower Pr outranking higher PR sites. its ALWAYS been how PR was designed to work.

I know. You will still bash SEO in threads even though You demonstrate you never ever understood it. PR toolbar or no PR toolbar.

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edpudol1973

9 years ago

They not updating the google pr bar, but they did not say to stop updating PR on their internal algorithm. Maybe we are not seeing any update anymore in google tool bar, but it's not mean they totally remove it from their algorithm

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Delboy Trotter

9 years ago

Hmm I see now, it will be hidden for us, but is it still an important factor ?

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MikeFriedman 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Delboy Trotter

Hmm I see now, it will be hidden for us, but is it still an important factor ?

Nothing has changed as far as PR and how Google uses it. We just will not be seeing updated data anymore.
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Corey Taylor 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Delboy Trotter

Hmm I see now, it will be hidden for us, but is it still an important factor ?

I don't think it was that important before anyways
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- MikeFriedman 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Corey Taylor
  
  I don't think it was that important before anyways
  
  If you do not understand what PageRank is and what it is telling you, then you would be right. For you, it wasn't that important.
  
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  paulgl 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MikeFriedman
  
  If you do not understand what PageRank is and what it is telling you, then you would be right. For you, it wasn't that important.
  
  Breaking the TOS of google, blatantly or on the sly, is so much more important
  than real, honest to goodness knowledge, research, and hard work.
  
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  Mike Anthony 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by paulgl
  
  Breaking the TOS of google, blatantly or on the sly, is so much more important
  than real, honest to goodness knowledge, research, and hard work.
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  Despite claims by supporters Google isn't God or for that matter any moral authority to determine what exclusively is honest to goodness. Their crawler asks no permissions and agrees to no TOS visiting any of my sites. I know of no moral or legal issue with any business interest using one of their properties to help advertise another of their properties or of a moral prohibition to pay for such advertising with any additional benefits that advertising might have. the very thought of such a flawed morality in the offline world would get laughter.
  
  IF Google ranks site by Pagerank there was never ever any moral issue with marketers trying to get rankings in the very same way that larger corporations try - by leveraging assets, cash and other properties and affiliations. Same rules for all
  
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  SEO-Dave 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by paulgl
  
  Breaking the TOS of google, blatantly or on the sly, is so much more important
  than real, honest to goodness knowledge, research, and hard work.
  
  Paul
  
  I guess when you say Google TOS, you really mean Google Webmaster Guidelines.
  
  Google TOS: Google Terms of Service ? Privacy & Terms ? Google
  
  We agree to those when using Google services.
  
  Google Webmaster Guidelines: https://support.google.com/webmaster...er/35769?hl=en
  
  No webmaster has to follow Google's guidelines, if you want to fill your site with hidden text, spam the crap out of blogs for comment links etc... that's none of Google's business. Though if they don't like your site they won't send you any traffic from their sites.
  
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rocknitish

9 years ago

Too many site owners focus on PageRank rather than actually marketing their site anyways. I understand why this tool was created but it might have done more damage than good. There are better metrics for success that people should be using.

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Pdomain

Banned 9 years ago

So PR = ?

How will we know the value of page rank in future......?

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MikeFriedman 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Pdomain

So PR = ?

How will we know the value of page rank in future......?

You won't.
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Kevin Maguire 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Pdomain

So PR = ?

How will we know the value of page rank in future......?

For most people it will be like this.

For a few people, it will be like this.

And for the WSO sellers lined up to sell you the next product based on a pie in the sky metric, it will be like this.

See nothings changed at all really.
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- yukon Banned 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kevin Maguire
  
  And for the WSO sellers lined up to sell you the next product based on a pie in the sky metric, it will be like this.
  
  Watch out for those $7 moz style DA Tweets (DAT).
  
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AndresNWD

9 years ago

I remember it was said the last update of the toolbar was an accident, so nothing we couldn't expect.
As a ranking factor it is important, but I think most people used it as a way to value the power of a backlink from a certain page. For this purpoes I find more valuable right now majestic's Citation Flow and Trust Flow.

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yukon

Banned 9 years ago

...yet not a single person on this thread would turn down a followed PR7 with exact anchor-text & very few OBLs while the link profile shows legit supporting links.

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Kevin Maguire

9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

...yet not a single person on this thread would turn down a followed PR7 with exact anchor-text & very few OBLs where the link profile shows legit supporting links.

No they wouldn't but for the very obvious reason.

The upper PR echelons of current web are unlikely to change in any drastic way at all. It's very easy for a page to drop from say a PR4 to a PR1 within a single refresh. Not so easy for that to happen with a PR7.

The average domain buyer unfortunately doesn't deal with PR6+, they're simply not in that market financially. Where most domainers lay, is within the very volatile lower end of the PR spectrum. You know this so I don't even know why I'm saying it to you.

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Mike Anthony

9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

...yet not a single person on this thread would turn down a followed PR7 with exact anchor-text & very few OBLs while the link profile shows legit supporting links.

Give it another 6 months. I'll sell you a PR6 backed by PR6s backed by PR6s backed up by nothing and charge you a few thousand dollars and you'll keep waiting for the boost that never comes.

People listening to your irrational claim that a metric that never gets updated is more reliable than metrics that do are going to lose thousands of dollars if Google does not turn off that outdated toolbar altogether.

You can see it already with lower Pr domains (because there are more of them). You cannot find a PR4 domain to buy that is not snatched up by someone even if it has ZERO links. They are being bought just to snooker people still relying on PR and in some cases are being tiered with other worthless PR domains to fool people just like you.

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yukon

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

Give it another 6 months. I'll sell you a PR6 backed by PR6s backed by PR6s backed up by nothing and charge you a few thousand dollars and you'll keep waiting for the boost that never comes.

People listening to your irrational claim that a metric that never gets updated is more reliable than metrics that do are going to lose thousands of dollars if Google does not turn off that outdated toolbar altogether.

You can see it already with lower Pr domains (because there are more of them). You cannot find a PR4 domain to buy that is not snatched up by someone even if it has ZERO links. They are being bought just to snooker people still relying on PR and in some cases are being tiered with other worthless PR domains to fool people just like you.

Duh, like I would buy anything from you or anyone else that deals in selling a domain/link based on a seller looking at any metric.

Your rant is flawed in that your looking to scam someone. You assume every domain is like your pile of shit auction domain. Anyone with half a brain can follow legit link trails. Besides, WTF are you buying today, your buying based on links so your goofy rant is pointless.

It's like trusting a used car salesman has your best interest in mind. Meh, no thanks, keep your used car.

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Mike Anthony

9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Your rant is flawed in that your looking to scam someone.

If I were looking to scam someone I would not be pointing out the scam of relying on Pagerank even though it has not been updated for a year and will not ever be regularly updated again if ever.You are just an idiot mouthing off. You always have been. Your one claim to fame was adsense until you finally realized that adsense sucked like I had been telling you and now you hang on here because you have nowhere else to hang out socially.

Yours is just a stupid but well documented hate of Moz and now even Majestic. Silly stuff because nothing you say or do can stop them from being used going forward as the only real metric anyone will be able to see.

Anyone with half a brain can follow legit link trails. Besides, WTF are you buying today, your buying based on links so your goofy rant is pointless.

OF course I buy on links. But unlike you I compare and analyze those links with the updatable metrics while you claim people should just rely on the metric that has not been updated and won't be updated again. Use your noggin for once in your life. Thats the huge difference. You don't know crap about me buying auction domains because I haven't in many months and you wouldn't know about it anyway because frankly you couldn't even if you wanted to. meanwhile everyone checking links looking just at PR can be scammed because you can tier the crappy PR6s however deep you want but if you look at the DA and Tf numbers smarter people who are NOT just blind haters will catch they are worthless PR6s in a heartbeat.

It's like trusting a used car salesman has your best interest in mind. Meh, no thanks, keep your used car.

Thats like a kid with bus fare money claiming he won't buy a car. You couldn't anyway. Still only a used car salesman would say " meh okay the odometer stopped working a year ago but you have my word....you can still trust it" ....lol

No wonder SEODave runs circles around you. good luck with your Mom's car though at least she passed it on for you to fix for your first.

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yukon

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

If I were looking to scam someone I would not be pointing out the scam of relying on Pagerank even though it has not been updated for a year and will not ever be regularly updated again if ever.You are just an idiot mouthing off. You always have been. Your one claim to fame was adsense until you finally realized that adsense sucked like I had been telling you and now you hang on here because you have nowhere else to hang out socially.

Yours is just a stupid but well documented hate of Moz and now even Majestic. Silly stuff because nothing you say or do can stop them from being used going forward as the only real metric anyone will be able to see.

OF course I buy on links. But unlike you I compare and analyze those links with the updatable metrics while you claim people should just rely on the metric that has not been updated and won't be updated again. Use your noggin for once in your life. Thats the huge difference. You don't know crap about me buying auction domains because I haven't in many months and you wouldn't know about it anyway because frankly you couldn't even if you wanted to

Thats like a kid with bus fare money claiming he won't buy a car. He couldn't anyway. Still only a used car salesman would say " meh okay the odometer stopped working a year ago but you have my word....you can still trust it" ....lol

No wonder SEODave runs circles around you. good luck with your Mom's car though.

Typical Mike Anthony, always stirring the pot with lame rants.

Just so you know, back when I was mod I stuck up for you on the mod forum when you was banned. Now you know that.

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Mike Anthony

9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Typical Mike Anthony, always stirring the pot with lame rants.

Just so you know, back when I was mod I stuck up for you on the mod forum when you was banned. Now you know that.

You regularly deleted posts of mine that mentioned Moz and others just because you didn't like them. I know the poster that reported me being banned in error and you were not the one that started that reversal as I did nothing but PM people who had PMed me first asking me about offers. Sorry Yukon but of all the mods that worked in the SEO section you were the worse. You abused your position to squelch viewpoints you did not like on more than one occassion. Pearson and Mike did petty solid jobs and the ones now despite your whining against them in various places are actually pretty darn good.

Now back to discussions about pagerank?

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EssayPartner

9 years ago

But we have other options still available for us. E.g. Alexa Rank, MOZ Rank, number and quality of backlinks, positions of website, traffic.

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yukon Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by EssayPartner

But we have other options still available for us. E.g. Alexa Rank, MOZ Rank, number and quality of backlinks, positions of website, traffic.

Is that orange or grape Kool-Aid?
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SEO-Dave

9 years ago

I hope Google drops public PR soon (so no PR values), so webmasters stop relying on an out of date metric. Can you imagine what it would be like 5 years from now trying to trade backlinks if the current public PR isn't updated and stays at the current value!

If Google stick to the plan to no longer update public PR it's only a matter of time before it's no longer available at all. Just incase anyone misunderstands, not suggesting Google won't use PR as a metric, the algo will use PR, we won't know what our webpages PR are though.

Will be interesting to see (if public PR is dropped) what the main metric(s) webmasters will use to determine the value of a link or a website etc....

I've not used PR as a factor for links etc... for years, I look at the ranking of the site and it's quality. Is it well written content etc... and can find it in the SERPs.

Actually although Alexa ranking is far from accurate I've found it more useful as a metric than PR for sometime. With Alexa you do have to take into account the niche, with some niches (humor/jokes...) it's useless, but in others like Internet marketing can be useful after checking the ranking hasn't been artificially manipulated (which is easy).

Quality and rankings are what I look for. Would rather have a link from a high quality site with decent rankings (lots of traffic) and low PR than a PR7 with crap content and no traffic. It's a shame other webmasters don't think this way, their backlinks would be much better quality :-(

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