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Andy Beard - Internet Business Systems Discussion: PageRank Update – Beware Of Link Exchange Offers

  • Brown Baron · 1 year ago
    Since digpagerank seems to be down at the moment, I've been using iwebtool's pr checker. There's a lot of fluctuation. Am I out of sync or is this update a little early?
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    On one of the previous times out oyoy.eu was the only site that seemed to work for a while. The developer is now a Googler.

    Testing the above site shows it as PR7 on a number of data centers.

    It looks like I might be back to a 5, if I was previously a 6 it would have been a close thing, and pages tend to sink in archives a lot.
  • Clement Nyirenda · 1 year ago
    iwebtool's pr checker is terrible at the moment.Most data centers seem to be down while the pr from the ones that are up is incoherent.Some even show a pr bigger than 10 (e.g. 35).
  • Brown Baron · 1 year ago
    Since digpagerank seems to be down at the moment, I've been using iwebtool's pr checker. There's a lot of fluctuation. Am I out of sync or is this update a little early?
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    On one of the previous times out oyoy.eu was the only site that seemed to work for a while. The developer is now a Googler.

    Testing the above site shows it as PR7 on a number of data centers.

    It looks like I might be back to a 5, if I was previously a 6 it would have been a close thing, and pages tend to sink in archives a lot.
  • Clement Nyirenda · 1 year ago
    iwebtool's pr checker is terrible at the moment.Most data centers seem to be down while the pr from the ones that are up is incoherent.Some even show a pr bigger than 10 (e.g. 35).
  • David Deangelo · 1 year ago
    No changes with my site or some others that link to me, but we shall see in a few days...
  • David Deangelo · 1 year ago
    No changes with my site or some others that link to me, but we shall see in a few days...
  • henri · 1 year ago
    This update seem to start with us host websites. Mine drop from PR6 to PR5... Damned ;)
  • henri · 1 year ago
    This update seem to start with us host websites. Mine drop from PR6 to PR5... Damned ;)
  • fucc · 1 year ago
    with this update i've lost my pagerank...from 3 to 0....
  • fucc · 1 year ago
    with this update i've lost my pagerank...from 3 to 0....
  • Jude · 1 year ago
    I was delighted to see a pr 5 for your site on my Google toolbar, hopefully it will either stay there or go higher. I thought Google was nuts to drop you to a 3.
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    Thanks for the kind words Jude

    Fortunately I was just lowering the red flag and not raising a white one, so we will see how the next round goes.
  • Jude · 1 year ago
    I was delighted to see a pr 5 for your site on my Google toolbar, hopefully it will either stay there or go higher. I thought Google was nuts to drop you to a 3.
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    Thanks for the kind words Jude

    Fortunately I was just lowering the red flag and not raising a white one, so we will see how the next round goes.
  • mus302 · 1 year ago
    I have been seeing fluctuations on iWebtools pr checker for about a week now but nothing in the toolbar yet.
  • mus302 · 1 year ago
    I have been seeing fluctuations on iWebtools pr checker for about a week now but nothing in the toolbar yet.
  • Brown Baron · 1 year ago
    Looks like I might be getting a drop to 2 from 3. This might be caused by drops from sites linking to me. Hope you get to keep that 5.
  • Brown Baron · 1 year ago
    Looks like I might be getting a drop to 2 from 3. This might be caused by drops from sites linking to me. Hope you get to keep that 5.
  • Clement Nyirenda · 1 year ago
    Looks like the Google PageRank update is under way. Follow this link: http://www.pagetrafficblog.com/google-pagerank-...
  • Clement Nyirenda · 1 year ago
    Looks like the Google PageRank update is under way. Follow this link: http://www.pagetrafficblog.com/google-pagerank-...
  • tv brackets · 1 year ago
    I have noticed a influx of offers for mostly PR 2-3 with only a couple of links on the page. These are 3-way based link offers, but both sites are junky type categories. I know these lnks aren't as impressive as PR7, but I just couldn't see how these sites had that rank since they had no content, and the topics were highly competitive.
  • tv brackets · 1 year ago
    I have noticed a influx of offers for mostly PR 2-3 with only a couple of links on the page. These are 3-way based link offers, but both sites are junky type categories. I know these lnks aren't as impressive as PR7, but I just couldn't see how these sites had that rank since they had no content, and the topics were highly competitive.
  • David Airey · 1 year ago
    Like you, I'm no fan of link exchanges or blogrolls, although the latter is ok if kept on a specific page.

    This is the first I've heard of some public PR changes. No surprise to see it on AndyBeard.eu first.
  • David Airey · 1 year ago
    Like you, I'm no fan of link exchanges or blogrolls, although the latter is ok if kept on a specific page.

    This is the first I've heard of some public PR changes. No surprise to see it on AndyBeard.eu first.
  • David Airey · 1 year ago
    Oh, seems you got rid of the 'subscribe to comments' plugin. How come?
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    It just hasn't made it back on this server yet
  • David Airey · 1 year ago
    Oh, seems you got rid of the 'subscribe to comments' plugin. How come?
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    It just hasn't made it back on this server yet
  • Jazmin · 1 year ago
    Hi Andy, the blog that you referenced above is now showing a mix of PR7, but mostly PR0. prcheckingtool seems to have been working well the last couple days and it's not showing any data for this site (though yours is showing all PR5's).

    I've also been getting more link requests than usual from random sites (which I wouldn't link to anyway), but thanks for the heads up :)
  • Jazmin · 1 year ago
    Hi Andy, the blog that you referenced above is now showing a mix of PR7, but mostly PR0. prcheckingtool seems to have been working well the last couple days and it's not showing any data for this site (though yours is showing all PR5's).

    I've also been getting more link requests than usual from random sites (which I wouldn't link to anyway), but thanks for the heads up :)
  • ITrush · 1 year ago
    Here's mine --> from 0 to 3.

    nhick
    http://www.itrush.com
  • ITrush · 1 year ago
    Here's mine --> from 0 to 3.

    nhick
    http://www.itrush.com
  • Karl · 1 year ago
    I would certainly not give two bucks for Google PR these days, and neither should you. It was an indication of the strength of a site some time ago, but there are better indicators these days. seomoz.org is one example.
  • Karl · 1 year ago
    I would certainly not give two bucks for Google PR these days, and neither should you. It was an indication of the strength of a site some time ago, but there are better indicators these days. seomoz.org is one example.
  • Garrin · 1 year ago
    PageRank just decreased from 6 to 5 on homepage on 2/29....not too happy about it.
  • Garrin · 1 year ago
    PageRank just decreased from 6 to 5 on homepage on 2/29....not too happy about it.
  • Mike - Twenty Steps · 1 year ago
    Yup. One of my sites went from a PR6 to a PR4 with the last round and now dropped to a big fat zero with this one. I noticed it a couple of days ago and thought that maybe it was a temporary glitch but it looks like they slapped me good and proper this time.

    Ho hum...
  • Mike - Twenty Steps · 1 year ago
    Yup. One of my sites went from a PR6 to a PR4 with the last round and now dropped to a big fat zero with this one. I noticed it a couple of days ago and thought that maybe it was a temporary glitch but it looks like they slapped me good and proper this time.

    Ho hum...
  • CVOS SEO · 1 year ago
    Anyone who buys or sells based on pagerank is going to be sorely disappointed.
  • CVOS SEO · 1 year ago
    Anyone who buys or sells based on pagerank is going to be sorely disappointed.
  • Anon · 1 year ago
    My site has never had content on it. It has just had a page saying that we will be putting up a website soon. Its been up for 2+years and now we just had a basic page and it is giving a PR of 2. Consistent across the data centers. This is good because we are actually doing things to put the site asap but there is hardly any links to it. I think it is because of the process needed to get the URL. For it you need to be a registered business and be approved to get the URL. Its not ENTIRELY about back links. If it was I wouldn't have PR 2.
  • Anon · 1 year ago
    My site has never had content on it. It has just had a page saying that we will be putting up a website soon. Its been up for 2+years and now we just had a basic page and it is giving a PR of 2. Consistent across the data centers. This is good because we are actually doing things to put the site asap but there is hardly any links to it. I think it is because of the process needed to get the URL. For it you need to be a registered business and be approved to get the URL. Its not ENTIRELY about back links. If it was I wouldn't have PR 2.
  • tantara · 1 year ago
    I first had pr4, than pr3 now for a long time is pr0

    I don't sell-buy links. Wondering why google dropped my pr?
  • tantara · 1 year ago
    I first had pr4, than pr3 now for a long time is pr0

    I don't sell-buy links. Wondering why google dropped my pr?
  • Jim McNelis · 1 year ago
    I certainly hope this update is still ongoing. My homepage went from a measly 1 to a 3 but many of my internal pages with PR 2 or 3 now have NA/10. My pages are all indexed properly so I have to hope that it's just an ongoing update.
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    Jim

    With most blogs due to poor linking structure, blog content slowly decreases in juice as pages run deeper in the archives.

    Also important is that the other blogs linking to the blog post, their pages also are going deeper, so passing less jucie.
  • Jim McNelis · 1 year ago
    I certainly hope this update is still ongoing. My homepage went from a measly 1 to a 3 but many of my internal pages with PR 2 or 3 now have NA/10. My pages are all indexed properly so I have to hope that it's just an ongoing update.
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    Jim

    With most blogs due to poor linking structure, blog content slowly decreases in juice as pages run deeper in the archives.

    Also important is that the other blogs linking to the blog post, their pages also are going deeper, so passing less jucie.
  • Jose · 1 year ago
    Hi,

    Well, I had my website's (not my blog) name as a subdomain (host/mysite) and had a pagerank of 2. Then suddenly lost it.
    I thought : maybe it's because it's under the main domain.
    So, I pointed the DNS to my website's hoster and now it's www.website.com, but I still have no pagerank.
    At least I got good news this week. The people at DMOZ already updated to my new URL, which was quite kind from their side.
    I guess I'll have to wait.
    I wish I'd have at least a pagerank of 1, but I got 0 for my website and blog. And when I check my link popularity, I don't get links under Google and MSN....I wonder why. I even have submited a sitemap to Google...
    Anyway, what matters to me now is writing good content on my blog, or at least trying.

    Take care and good luck with your website,

    José
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    José if you want me to take a look at things just let me know
  • Jose · 1 year ago
    Hi,

    Well, I had my website's (not my blog) name as a subdomain (host/mysite) and had a pagerank of 2. Then suddenly lost it.
    I thought : maybe it's because it's under the main domain.
    So, I pointed the DNS to my website's hoster and now it's www.website.com, but I still have no pagerank.
    At least I got good news this week. The people at DMOZ already updated to my new URL, which was quite kind from their side.
    I guess I'll have to wait.
    I wish I'd have at least a pagerank of 1, but I got 0 for my website and blog. And when I check my link popularity, I don't get links under Google and MSN....I wonder why. I even have submited a sitemap to Google...
    Anyway, what matters to me now is writing good content on my blog, or at least trying.

    Take care and good luck with your website,

    José
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    José if you want me to take a look at things just let me know
  • Internet Marketing Joy · 1 year ago
    Fortunately, my site's PPR is still same but it could have been better if it increased even just a little..^^
  • Internet Marketing Joy · 1 year ago
    Fortunately, my site's PPR is still same but it could have been better if it increased even just a little..^^
  • Scott Salwolke · 1 year ago
    My PageRank has remained consistent, but I've noticed my LinkDomain number has been dropping dramatically lately. It dropped by over 100 one day. And another 50 two days later. Could this be related to what is going on with PageRank?
  • Scott Salwolke · 1 year ago
    My PageRank has remained consistent, but I've noticed my LinkDomain number has been dropping dramatically lately. It dropped by over 100 one day. And another 50 two days later. Could this be related to what is going on with PageRank?
  • kevsta · 1 year ago
    Hi Andy. good post, have been thinking the same. one site in our care has received a PR5 with a grand total of 6 little links to it. definitely suspect, in fact blogged about it a little while ago before seeing this.

    and curse you for alerting the masses I was going to get straight onto DP and try and sell a few links before the big correction comes :)
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    Yes but this is a 2 month old article - looks like it is going to be a hit on a 3 month cycle.
  • kevsta · 1 year ago
    Hi Andy. good post, have been thinking the same. one site in our care has received a PR5 with a grand total of 6 little links to it. definitely suspect, in fact blogged about it a little while ago before seeing this.

    and curse you for alerting the masses I was going to get straight onto DP and try and sell a few links before the big correction comes :)
  • AndyBeard · 1 year ago
    Yes but this is a 2 month old article - looks like it is going to be a hit on a 3 month cycle.
  • Brisbane SEO consultant · 1 year ago
    I probably get 3-4 offers a week of links on blogs and web sites. The offers range from $900 for 5 permanent links on PR6 blogs, through to $50 per link on PR5 sites.

    When I check out the backlinks there's usually only a handful for these sites. When I ask the owners how they got such good PR for so few links I never get a reply :) I wonder why?
  • Brisbane SEO consultant · 1 year ago
    I probably get 3-4 offers a week of links on blogs and web sites. The offers range from $900 for 5 permanent links on PR6 blogs, through to $50 per link on PR5 sites.

    When I check out the backlinks there's usually only a handful for these sites. When I ask the owners how they got such good PR for so few links I never get a reply :) I wonder why?