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Interesting Backlinking Question

by AtlantaSEOWeb
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Why would a website (position #1 on Google) that has a PR Rank 4 and 113 backlinks OUTRANK a website (position #4 on Google) that has a PR Rank 5 and 321 backlinks? There's no Google Dance going on here. It's been this way for months. I'd love to hear all your thoughts. Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    Could be a whole bunch of factors like:

    1. Better on-page SEO.
    2. Better relevance.
    3. Higher quality backlinks
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Miranda
      Originally Posted by UMS View Post

      Could be a whole bunch of factors like:

      1. Better on-page SEO.
      2. Better relevance.
      3. Higher quality backlinks
      As a backlink provider on WF... Exactly my thoughts.
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      • Profile picture of the author oneplusone
        Originally Posted by Steven Miranda View Post

        As a backlink provider on WF... Exactly my thoughts.
        It's a conspiracy IMO.

        Google is an illuminati puppet, here's proof:


        I'm joking of course -- I do find that stuff funny though
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        • Profile picture of the author Snow_Predator
          Yeh, I'm totally baffled by that.

          I wanted to rank for the following keyword:

          "how to play your guitar with your feet while hanging upside down from your bathroom window"

          I was just about to get started when I realized that bloody Facebook has a pagerank of 10. How the HELL am I going to outrank that????

          Damn, I'm so pissed off right now. We gotta take Mark Suckerberg down or none of us will ever rank for anything D:
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          • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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            Originally Posted by Snow_Predator View Post

            I wanted to rank for the following keyword:

            "how to play your guitar with your feet while hanging upside down from your bathroom window"
            Damn, there goes my opportunity to take the whole of the first page with my syndicated articles on the subject. :p
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            • Profile picture of the author Snow_Predator
              Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

              Damn, there goes my opportunity to take the whole of the first page with my syndicated articles on the subject. :p
              Don't worry. Just buy a high PR domain and you're sorted.

              I'm selling a PR 11 domain for $11 if you want it. PR does stand for Purchase Rate, right?

              I think Google is in the process of updating data. So it may change in a few days.
              So PR won't be the be-all and end-all any more? Oh when will this ever-changing chaos end?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by AtlantaSEOWeb View Post

    Why would a website (position #1 on Google) that has a PR Rank 4 and 113 backlinks OUTRANK a website (position #4 on Google) that has a PR Rank 5 and 321 backlinks? There's no Google Dance going on here. It's been this way for months. I'd love to hear all your thoughts. Thank you.
    Just like any other two pages whose SERP's positions you compare, of course, it depends on the quality and relevance of the backlinks. :confused:

    Lower-PR pages frequently outrank higher-PR pages in Google's SERP's. Not all that unusual.

    And one can hardly compare backlinks quantitatively, i.e. by looking at how many of them there are. Otherwise one would expect a site with 5,000 article directory backlinks only to outrank a site with 30 backlinks from relevant authority sites. Now that really would be something unusual!
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    • Profile picture of the author WilliamBerg
      Even if we assume that all links were created equally (which they are not) the total number of links would mean nothing. The interesting question is how many links each site have for that keyword.
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  • Profile picture of the author gtk29
    I think Google is in the process of updating data. So it may change in a few days.
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