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I came across this particular article today:
Google Finally Killing Page-Rank

My question is, now that PR won't be important, will the PR of the page where I place a backlink make a difference. Like, if I comment on a page with PR 6 and comment on a PR 0 page. Will the quality of both the backlinks still be the same??
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  • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
    If you read it carefully, Google killed it in the webmaster tools! You won't see how many pages is high PR on your site...

    I don't think Google will ever kill this, PR is the heart of Google algorithm, but Google is sick of people like us, marketer who always messing around with it! Anyway, as much as Google dislike, they just can't completely remove us from their result, because many of us just know how to hide!
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  • Profile picture of the author SiddFisher
    I know that if Google kills PR, I won't be able to see PRs anymore. I was talking about the Previous PRs of the pages I placed a backlink in.
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  • Profile picture of the author TimScott
    PR is is still important. You should continue to build your site with PR in mind. The only thing this means is, you won't be able to know what PR level your site has, only Google will. So yes, PR does matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    Page rank is still available and anyone can find out what it is. They are just not going to publish it in that web master tool any more as it was causing people to put too much emphasis on it. So many people are so focused on it. The only time it has any relevance that I can figure is when I am putting my link on a site. Then the PR comes into play and the higher the PR is the more that back link is worth to me. Other than that, I can't see what it matters. PR is not going to mean you will get any more traffic, or conversions. For that you need more traffic and that comes from climbing the sERPS or doing article marketing, etc. And climbing the SERPS can often be done by getting back links from high PR web sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author euhlir
    The PR will still be there, I just don't think it will be made available to the public. This way it cuts down on spam link building and sites that build their own links.
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  • Profile picture of the author chandan_dutta
    Originally Posted by SiddFisher View Post

    Like, if I comment on a page with PR 6 and comment on a PR 0 page. Will the quality of both the backlinks still be the same??
    Quality of both the backlinks can't be same. A backlink from a high PR page has always more value than a backlink from a PR 0 page. There are various tools to check the value of backlinks.
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    • Profile picture of the author KenJ
      Do not listen to what they say

      Watch what they do.
      PR is still important - They are messing with marketers here
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
        these posts have been popping up every week and they are so misleading

        Google has NOT killed Pagerank. They just finished a PR update and it is still on the Google toolbar.


        To answer your question if you use high PR backlinks they will STILL boost your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author josephajain
    Yes it matters a lot......
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  • Profile picture of the author imanpatrick
    pr is matter... and will always matter,why?
    because no pr is just no google, am i right?
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    • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
      Originally Posted by SiddFisher View Post

      I know that if Google kills PR, I won't be able to see PRs anymore. I was talking about the Previous PRs of the pages I placed a backlink in.
      You will always see the PR

      Google still uses PR for many reasons, they will not stop it. If one day Google killed it, stop providing the information, some other website will start to use other similar ranking and create a toolbar for us!
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    PR is just part of the equation. The problem is that people attach too much value to it and put all their emphasis on it at the expense of just building links and converting traffic.

    Also many people think PAGE rank actually means SITE rank, and that leads to a whole world of confusion.
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    • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
      Originally Posted by jazbo View Post

      PR is just part of the equation. The problem is that people attach too much value to it and put all their emphasis on it at the expense of just building links and converting traffic.

      Also many people think PAGE rank actually means SITE rank, and that leads to a whole world of confusion.
      I think you are referring to old school SEO where everyone too concentrated on building High PR site without the sense of traffic and conversion...

      If that is the case, yes, you are right, PR is less important in this way!
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  • Profile picture of the author warrich
    no , that will not be the same pr0 will not good pperform in comparison of pr 6
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    • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
      Originally Posted by warrich View Post

      no , that will not be the same pr0 will not good pperform in comparison of pr 6
      Care to elaborate more? Not sure which you are referring to...
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