Nearly 100 Reciprocal Links And No PR...Why?

[Nova]

My average link exchange success is 12.67 per day, have nearly 100 links as reciprocal, including a PR 8 succesful exchange...and still no PR .

Anyone have some fres htips as to how to prevent getting sandboxed, as perhaps this might be my problem. I've not been banned, so what is the problem?

The more I study, the more I conclude that my new sites that have less than 6 months...are in a sandbox slump.

Anyone with fresh tips to get out of this PR 0 SLUMP?

- Nova:confused:

[marcel]

Some people say it don't exist, but consider this....

After the tsunami last year, everyone started linking to google's Tsunami Relief page: http://www.google.com/tsunami_relief.html

I observed that the Tsunami Relief received PR on April 1 2005.

I think that should prove the existance of the sandbox, in certain circomstances.
Remember, Google was bumping their link to the top of the results when tsunami was searched, even when it had a PR of 0.

My advice is this, keep building a quality website that people want and need. The traffic will come...

[mystikmedia]

PR does not update daily, weekly, or even monthly. It is only updated every several months. So, no matter how many links you get, it does not update until the PR update occurs for everyone.

[aaron_nimocks]

Just to add....

PR updates daily. Visible toolbar PR updates every 3 months +/- whenever they want to. Next update should be coming up here shortly.

[mystikmedia]

Right. Sorry. I should have mentioned that. I meant the visible toolbar PR, of course.

[Nova]

Excellent. Cause I strongly believe that If I get at least a PR 3...it will defenetly be more easier for me to get other PR sites to link to me. Most webmasters are just to scared to link to a PR 0 in those link exchange programs for some reason.

3 months. Lets see what happens. Thanks you all for your help.

-Joaquin

[dre]

Page rank will update around 21st october, the google dance should start soon

[WebbyMedia]

Why is gaining PR so critical? I'd rather have a PR0 with thousands of visitors than a PR5 site with just a few hundred.

Traffic is more important.

[mystikmedia]

Of course it's more important. PR is just a visual representation of how well we're doing. :)

There are varrying opinions on what PR says exactly. However, the more incoming links you have to your site, the better you rank...and PR is a visual representation of how many incoming links you have. So, that's basically all there is to it. It's not the actual PR most people care about (unless you're link brokering or trying to get link exchanges, etc.)...it's what the PR represents.

[Roman]

Page rank will update around 21st october, the google dance should start soon

Give or take 365 days.

[Blogmaster]

Some people say it don't exist, but consider this....

After the tsunami last year, everyone started linking to google's Tsunami Relief page: http://www.google.com/tsunami_relief.html

I observed that the Tsunami Relief received PR on April 1 2005.

I think that should prove the existance of the sandbox, in certain circomstances.
Remember, Google was bumping their link to the top of the results when tsunami was searched, even when it had a PR of 0.

My advice is this, keep building a quality website that people want and need. The traffic will come...
That proves absolutely nada ... the question is if the tsunami page was ranked immediately or not.

[Roman]

I had a page that ranked #2 for some guys name. Last month he set a record on Regis and Kelly. I had massive visitors, but within 24 hours I was #38 and remain in the 30s still.

On the other hand G seems to like my site even if it is PR0 on the tool bar as I get traffic within 3 days for 75% of any new pages I put up.

[Blogmaster]

Right, within a short period of time you will see the new entries get ranked, but longevity has an impact as well. The fact that you've been up there long enough means something to where they still had you on page 4.

[marketing]

it was said before, but remember, google does not dig reciprical links...they like you to have links to your site from similar content but are not to "wild" on link sharing. Also...waiting for the next update may allow you to see some progress, its not instant as they do not update the PR daily, it is a periodical thing. You might be able to see some change if you look at a site like futurerank.com

[Billy]

Build it! and they will come