Google PR

[hexed]

Anyone have any good ideas how to capture the PR of a website without being nabbed for screen scaping or the such?

[digitalpoint]

It's not possible to get PageRank values with the Google API.

- Shawn

[hexed]

No I didn't think so. Then how is your free keyword tracker tool accomplishing this? Are you using your own internal algorithm or using a checknum?

[digitalpoint]

It's real data, but does not use the API. The only way to get PageRank is by utilizing the checksum that the Google toolbar generates.

- Shawn

[SEO Guy]

for $10000000000000000000000 I'll tell you how to do it :-)

[Voyager]

It's real data, but does not use the API. The only way to get PageRank is by utilizing the checksum that the Google toolbar generates.

Is there a way to generate that checksum without the Google Toolbar?

I've always found the checksum in my web browser cache files -- but I would like to be able to generate the checksums programmatically.

[digitalpoint]

Yes, it is... but people who are able to calculate PageRank checksums are not keen on sharing it I've found.

[disgust]

why is that? just so their site can offer something exlcusive, or is there more to it than that?

[digitalpoint]

Probably because not anyone can figure out how they checksum works (at least that's my guess).

[mirdin]

Well in case someone is still looking...the code is freely available now:

www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7769&postcount=87
www.my-eldorado.net/Google-Checksum-Recovery-PHP-Source.php

[SEbasic]

Probably because not anyone can figure out how they checksum works (at least that's my guess).

You're not wrong there - Been having some real trouble with it...

I've got the php code, I just can't get it to work at all...

:(