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Spot Fake PR and don't be scammed

by simplyben
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I have read quite a bit on here about how to spot fake PR but I haven't seen anyone add this one bit of info so hopefully it will help people not get scammed into these PR6+ links that are 100% worthless.

Use the WayBackMachine at Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. For those not familiar with the Internet Archive, it caches websites periodically so you can see what sites looked like from the past. It is an easy way to see when sites have been redirected with a 302 and to what site it was directed at. Look at a site's history and if 3 or 4 months before the site was being redirected to a high PR site, you know for sure that the PR is fake. Don't buy into the DA (this means NOTHING to Google) or the thousands of spammy backlinks pointing to a site that are shown in AREFs or similar tools.

The WayBackMachine does not archive every site, but it archives enough to help you from being scammed.

Also, use common sense. There isn't a webmaster in the world that has a legit PR 8 that sells links.
#fake #scammed #spot
  • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
    Originally Posted by simplyben View Post

    There isn't a webmaster in the world that has a legit PR 8 that sells links.
    Sure there is. There's PR9 sites selling links. They just aren't cheap.
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    • Profile picture of the author nik0
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      Originally Posted by Icematikx View Post

      Sure there is. There's PR9 sites selling links. They just aren't cheap.
      You sure they aren't cheap? I saw Gearmonkey sell them a while ago for $119,- :rolleyes:

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    • Profile picture of the author simplyben
      Originally Posted by Icematikx View Post

      Sure there is. There's PR9 sites selling links. They just aren't cheap.
      I always tell people that for a reason, that way they won't fall into buying fake PR backlinks.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bambu
      Depends on what you call cheap. I have seen PR9 sitewides go for as little as 400 USD a month w/ less than 20 OBLs. Legit site. Low end PR7s for 75 USD (lots of OBLs) and PR8s for 150 USD.

      Originally Posted by Icematikx View Post

      Sure there is. There's PR9 sites selling links. They just aren't cheap.
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by Bambu View Post

        Depends on what you call cheap. I have seen PR9 sitewides go for as little as 400 USD a month w/ less than 20 OBLs. Legit site. Low end PR7s for 75 USD (lots of OBLs) and PR8s for 150 USD.
        I highly doubt they are legit PR 7's, 8's, and especially 9's.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rebeccha Haase
      Originally Posted by Icematikx View Post

      Sure there is. There's PR9 sites selling links. They just aren't cheap.
      Absolutely spot on. A PR 9 backlink in something similar to a dream for a lot of webmaster.
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    Indeed and make sure you check the back links in Spyglass.

    Ahrefs, Majestic and SEOmoz are pretty damn slow with updating their results so never depend only on them.
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    • Profile picture of the author zannix
      Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

      Indeed and make sure you check the back links in Spyglass.

      Ahrefs, Majestic and SEOmoz are pretty damn slow with updating their results so never depend only on them.
      Wow, you sure about this? I've always thought ahrefs > spyglass in terms of update speed.
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      • Profile picture of the author nik0
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        Originally Posted by zannix View Post

        Wow, you sure about this? I've always thought ahrefs > spyglass in terms of update speed.
        Oh I didn't compare it to Spyglass, it's just that Spyglass is able to check if the links are still live or not while Ahrefs or one of the others doesn't have that function/ability.
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  • Profile picture of the author tech84
    Originally Posted by simplyben View Post

    I have read quite a bit on here about how to spot fake PR but I haven't seen anyone add this one bit of info so hopefully it will help people not get scammed into these PR6+ links that are 100% worthless.

    Use the WayBackMachine at Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. For those not familiar with the Internet Archive, it caches websites periodically so you can see what sites looked like from the past. It is an easy way to see when sites have been redirected with a 302 and to what site it was directed at. Look at a site's history and if 3 or 4 months before the site was being redirected to a high PR site, you know for sure that the PR is fake. Don't buy into the DA (this means NOTHING to Google) or the thousands of spammy backlinks pointing to a site that are shown in AREFs or similar tools.

    The WayBackMachine does not archive every site, but it archives enough to help you from being scammed.

    Also, use common sense. There isn't a webmaster in the world that has a legit PR 8 that sells links.
    you can also check the domain here: View HTTP Request and Response Header

    to see if it's currently being redirected to falsify PR
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  • Profile picture of the author kaytav
    Definitely those are not real PR. No one would give it so cheap.
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