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Buying PageRank Won't Get You Penalized

by Steven Heron
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Recently there's been an endless spate of misinformation on this forum. I encourage you to read these common 3 SEO Myths.

Digg it and let's educate the community here please.
#pagerank #penalized #selling
  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Well, not sure if it's wise to do self-promotion.

    I would only beg to differ on the toolbar PageRank.
    You call it:
    "the most prominent key factor that we can use to determine the value of a backlink from a page."

    I personally value authority and relevance light years above the toolbar
    PageRank, that's for sure.

    "Authority," I assume, is why you added the links in your post Not PR.

    I've never even heard the myth of the noarchive tag.
    Granted, I've haven't heard of a lot of things. But to call
    it one of the biggest and top 3rd myth in SEO would be quite
    a stretch.

    I don't digg stuff anymore. Digg has out lived its usefulness.
    The link would probably be nofollow on digg anyway. In fact,
    that would even be something to look at for the value of a backlink
    on a page. Whether it was nofollow or not. That would certainly
    trump PR, unless the site have boatloads of authority.

    Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Heron
      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

      Well, not sure if it's wise to do self-promotion.

      I would only beg to differ on the toolbar PageRank.
      You call it:
      "the most prominent key factor that we can use to determine the value of a backlink from a page."

      I personally value authority and relevance light years above the toolbar
      PageRank, that's for sure.

      "Authority," I assume, is why you added the links in your post Not PR.

      I've never even heard the myth of the noarchive tag.
      Granted, I've haven't heard of a lot of things. But to call
      it one of the biggest and top 3rd myth in SEO would be quite
      a stretch.

      I don't digg stuff anymore. Digg has out lived its usefulness.
      The link would probably be nofollow on digg anyway. In fact,
      that would even be something to look at for the value of a backlink
      on a page. Whether it was nofollow or not. That would certainly
      trump PR, unless the site have boatloads of authority.

      Paul
      By authority you are referring to real authority I take it, as opposed to domain authority? In terms of SEO I'm not sure how else authority would established other than through links.
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  • Profile picture of the author COBSolutions
    Pagerank is useless IMO, google itself has stopped updating it, when a developer loses interest in it, i really doubt search bots use that data to any extent while ranking, though i consider to an extent it might be a factor, that is it, nothing to sweat about
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Heron
      Originally Posted by COBSolutions View Post

      Pagerank is useless IMO, google itself has stopped updating it, when a developer loses interest in it, i really doubt search bots use that data to any extent while ranking, though i consider to an extent it might be a factor, that is it, nothing to sweat about
      Well that's nice to know, however your opinion and reality greatly differentiate. I take it you run no money sites?

      Google not updating the PR often has nothing whatsoever to do with whether we can use it as an indication of major value. Your opinion is the exact one that sends this sort of misinformation to everyone here.
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