Another proof that PR is meaningless.

Discussion in 'Google' started by Codythebest, Mar 20, 2007.

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  1. #1
    I had a homepage in .html which was PR3.
    I change it in .php because I needed to call an include on a weekly basis.
    The URL PR showed PR0 right away. I'm talking about the same URL.
    I got the .html page back to check if I'll get the PR3 again. The answer is no.
    The site is PR0 now instantly. No matter out/in bound links or whatever else (which didn't change)...
    For me , PR=BS !!
     
    Codythebest, Mar 20, 2007 IP
  2. mjewel

    mjewel Prominent Member

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    Toolbar PR is only updated every 3 months or so. You changed the name of the page, so it will take an update before it shows on the toolbar, but google doesn't use toolbar pr (which is always a look at the past) but uses internal page rank which is constantly being updated.

    You didn't need to change the pages to php to have them process. You could of just made changes to the htaccess or use mod-rewrite.

    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

    or something like:

    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php [L]
     
    mjewel, Mar 20, 2007 IP
  3. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    this doesn't prove anything other then you changed the url ( changing from .html to .php ) so you lost PR.

    then when you go to check and see if the .html has pr still.. well, if google couldn't find the url it will drop the pr ;)

    if you link back to the main url site.com, and if your php is in the root site.com/index.php. The php page will gain pr again.

    if you don't realize this, kinda makes me wonder what info you would have in the "myseotips" link in your sig.. :rolleyes:

    regards
    -Bs
     
    Brandon Sheley, Mar 20, 2007 IP
  4. Code Monkey

    Code Monkey Active Member

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    Or he was viewing his site before as site.com/ and now he is viewing it as site.com/index.php. Then he tries to view it as site.com/index.html when he can still use site.com/ since it will display any index wether it is .php or .html.

    That is why it's better to use site.com/ as your link and not the page itself if it happens to be an index named page. That way if you change it's extension it will not matter.

    Set up an .htaccess redirect from site.com/index.html and index.php to site.com then all will be good when the next update comes.
     
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  5. Codythebest

    Codythebest Notable Member

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    Yeah I'm still working on myseotip.com ;)
    Ok this is what happen:
    BEFORE:
    www.mysite.com -->PR3 (had the index.html in root)
    www.mysite.com/index.html -->PR0
    No index.php exists at this time
    AFTER:
    www.mysite.com --> PR0 with a index.php in root
    www.mysite.com --> PR0 with a index.html in root (the same than before)
    www.mysite.com/index.html --> PR0 (the same site than before)
    www.mysite.com/index.php --> PR0

    I have tried again this morning. I deleted the index.php and got back the old index.html (i saved it just in case) ---> PR0

    BTW, if I type a URL which is , let's say PR2, it will remain PR2 with an index in root or no. If they is no index in root and get a 404, the URL will still be PR2. At least, this is what I saw before this case...
    PR=BS
     
    Codythebest, Mar 21, 2007 IP